Cebu City: Siomai and Friends Fries [chp 6]

impressions of an American in the Philippines My wife and I took an Inter-City van from Toledo to Cebu City. We walked to a waterside terminal. Several vans were parked, with locals sitting inside, waiting for departure. A woman stepped in my path, trying to sell me bottled water and sugar water. I bought two waters…

‘Za, ‘Zza, Pizza — Language Arts

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…