In our first Cebuano-English lesson, we went over some basics that an English-speaking visitor to the Cebu (Visayan) area of the Philippines might want to know. Let us continue with some basics. Excuse me and-or Pardon me. “Usba gud” can be used for Excuse me, I don’t understand what you meant by that. “Oos-bah good.”…
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There is this weird push and pull between the young and the old. Not necessarily straight down the line. It is not necessarily, all old people vs. all younger people. But the divide between those who think that EVERYTHING old is bad, and those who think EVERYTHING new is bad, does exist. I heard a…
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There are not many Cebuano-English lessons online as we write this. It is mainly for Americans or other foreigners who enter the Cebu region of the Philippines and want to have some level of communication with the locals. People often say, “Filipinos mostly speak English,” and while that is technically true, there are lots of…
Saw this restaurant sign the other night… the ‘Pizza Den’ neon was perfectly set up. Did you ever in your life call it ‘za before? Because I didn’t. And, also: Are two z’s better than one? Guess not. It’s still a sad thing to say… That term “za” was used at least as far back as…
No matter what you say… it’s all about the gathering of content for content’s sake. Entertainment, not journalism nor integrity. Remember that, kids! Give us more, part 1.