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  2. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    This word is shared with British English. Course [18] — Academic degree. Shared with British English partly due to the Spanish word curso and its borrowed form in many Philippine languages. Cutex [10] — Nail polish. Genericized from a popular brand of nail polish currently owned by Revlon. Dean's lister [39] — A person awarded a dean's list

  3. List of Metro Manila placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Filipino word for "happiness." [2] Kalusugan: Quezon City: Filipino word for "health." [2] Kapitolyo: Pasig: Filipino word for "capitol," a corruption of the Spanish word capitolio. Named for its proximity to the former Rizal provincial capitol. [26] Karuhatan: Valenzuela: From the Tagalog word kaduhatan, meaning "where duhat trees grow." [27 ...

  4. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin. As the aforementioned analysis ...

  5. Taglish - Wikipedia

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    It is a form of Philippine English that mixes Tagalog/Filipino words, where opposite to Taglish, English is the substratum and Tagalog/Filipino is the superstratum. The most common aspect of Coño English is the building of verbs by using the English word "make" with the root word of a Tagalog verb:

  6. List of acronyms in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of acronyms in the Philippines. [1] They are widely used in different sectors of Philippine society. Often acronyms are utilized to shorten the name of an institution or a company.

  7. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    From a Scots language word meaning blanket, plaid usually referring to patterned woollen cloth otherwise known as tartan. plain weave Plain weave plied yarn Plied yarn is yarn that has been plied, with the process called plying. plush Plush is a fabric having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet. polyester Polyester is a synthetic ...

  8. Philippine English - Wikipedia

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    Directional suffix -ward(s) generally found in British English is the primary usage in Philippine English, therefore towards, afterwards and upwards over the American toward, afterward and upward. However, forward is more prevalent than the chiefly British forwards. Philippine English speakers drop the -s when using phrasal verbs such as look ...

  9. Fabrication - Wikipedia

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    Fabrication may refer to: Manufacturing , specifically the crafting of individual parts as a solo product or as part of a larger combined product. Processes in arts, crafts and manufacturing