Amaccana Accla: Why Filipino Netspeak Is Untranslatable

Filipino social media users have tons of ways to say things, and AI can’t translate that yet.   Filipinos are just so creative at making memes. For example, they opened 2023 with “amaccana accla”—a meme for “Tama ka na, bakla” (“You’re already too much”) to warn others to avoid doing cringe-worthy activities. It became viral …