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An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
Filipino proverbs or Philippine proverbs [1] are traditional sayings or maxims used by Filipinos based on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life.The word Sawikain proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, [2] [3] kasabihan [2] (saying) and sawikain [3] (although the latter may also refer to mottos or idioms), and to the Ilocano word sarsarita.
The name roughly translates to "Dumb Filipino", used fondly as a pejorative term. [4] " Although impressed ", Bob Ong notes, " my boss would've fired me had he known I was the one behind it. " When someone contacted him after mistaking him as an actual person named Bob Ong, his famous pseudonym was born. [ 1 ]
Brown joke [16] — toilet humor; jokes about excretory functions. Brownout [27] [28] — A power outage. This is shared with Hong Kong English and Australian English. Buko [5] — coconut. From Tagalog. Buko juice [5] — coconut juice; Bunso — Youngest sibling or child. [3] From Tagalog. Buri [1] — A species of palm and its fiber.
Stupid is Forever is composed of Santiago's one-line jokes, comebacks, and pick-up lines which she delivers in her speeches on topics like the pork barrel scandal, former Vice President Jejomar Binay, and the state of governance in the Philippines. [3] [4] The book also features illustrations from Cj de Silva-Ong, Manix Abrera, Elbert Or, and ...
Japanese merchants travelled to the Philippines to trade and immigrants settled in what is now called the city of Paco, Manila.They entertained Filipinos with a form of comedy, called rakugo, until the Spanish replaced local entertainments with European-style theatres.
Italy’s former national carrier Alitalia has started procedures for the collective dismissal of its remaining 2,059 employees, its administrators told unions. The move comes as the successor to ...
The fully colored regular pages of the Pilipino FUNNY Komiks were bound in between coated book-paper cover. Among the first contributions to the comic book that was 90-percent made up of cartoons were Bing Bam Bung by Larry Alcala, Planet Opdi Eyps by Roni Santiago, Superkat by Leandro S. Martinez, Batute by Rene Villaroman and Vic Geronimo, Darmo Adarna by R.R. Marcelino, Joseph Christian ...