I'm lovin' the Cebuano dialect... is it called
bisaya? ..i'm really not sure.. but i've learned a few..
Maayong hapon...
maayong gabii...
Gwapa ka.
Magsuroy-suroy... (thank you, GT..)
Dili..
Ambot!
Ok, I still suck at it.
hehe
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I wonder why we have stereotyped the Visayans as housemaids or house boys.. you've probably seen thousands of sitcoms with househelp characters speaking in bisaya.. when these south people are actually beautiful men and women - led by their governor, gwen garcia, who is as graceful as a swan - aside from being intelligent and smart.
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I thought it was funny that when you see a beautiful lady in Cebu and you hear her speak in English, you'd think "oh she speaks well, and she has that accent".. wait a few minutes, wait til she speaks to her fellow bisaya.. she still has that accent.
are englishmen bisayas too? :)
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I'll be back, Cebu!
Posted at 05:51 pm by biway
 | Posted by Tranquillity @ 01/25/2005 06:30 PM PST | |
Cebuanos really speak English well. They want to be the masters of it! Hehe. And they are actually trying to be more sophisticated than us. Perhaps they really do that to change the "helper" image that media gives them.
Honestly, I love their "language" too! (They don't like to call it dialect. Actually, they're out to make Cebu the new capital of the Philippines!) I've been trying to learn for a while. Sabi ko nga, I don't mind marrying a Cebuano or Ilonggo. :P |
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