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My shame at having Filipino accent – K-pop star Sandara Park of 2NE1, former girl group
- South Korean singer grew up in the Philippines and speaks English with a Filipino accent – something she admits she was embarrassed by for a time
- Park, who had a string of hits with 2NE1, changed her mind after being told her accent was cool
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By Dong Sun-hwa
Sandara Park, a former member of defunct K-pop girl band 2NE1, has revealed she was once ashamed of her Filipino accent.
Park, who lived in the Philippines for 11 years, has a good command of English. But in the past she was unhappy with her accent. “I was embarrassed by my accent at first,” she said during an interview on the pay-television station MBC Every 1. “The Philippines’ English has a unique accent.”
But she changed her mind after an overseas tour as a member of 2NE1 after learning that her accent was merely a trait of Filipino English.
“Many people told me it was cool and matches me well,” she said. “I became more confident thanks to them.”
The programme’s hosts also praised her English skills.
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