You know you’re a Filipino if.. [Vocabulary]
Part twooo.
You say ‘for take out’ instead of ‘to go’ [Kasi, that’s what they ask eh. Dine in or take out?]
You ‘open’ and ‘close’ the lights
You ask for ‘Colgate’ instead of toothpaste
You ask for ‘pentel pen’ instead of a ballpen or pen
You refer to refrigerator as ‘ref’, ‘Frigidare’, or “pridyider” [Ref lang.]
You say ‘kodakan’ instead of take a picture
You order ‘McDonalds’ instead of hamburger, which you pronounce ‘ham-boor-jer’
You say ‘Ha?’ instead of ‘what?’ [I happen to say that a lot. LOL]
You say ‘Hoy!’ to get someone’s attention
You answer when someone yells ‘Hoy!’ [haha. Kai feeler man! xD]
You turn around when you hear ‘pssst’ [Not that often anymore. xD]
You say ‘Cutex’ instead of nail polish
You say ‘for a while’ instead of ‘Please hold’ on the telephone
You say ‘he’ when you mean ‘she’ and vice versa
Your sneeze sounds like ‘Ahh-ching’ instead of ‘Ahh-choo’
You say ‘Aray’ instead of ‘ouch’
You make acronyms for phrases: ‘OA’ = overacting, ‘DOM’ = dirty old man, and ‘TNT’ for… You know
You say ‘aircon’ instead of ‘A/C’ or airconditioner
You pronounce the ff. words: ‘Hippopo-TA-mus’, ‘com-FOR-table’, ‘Bro-CO-li’, and ‘Montgo-marry Ward’
You say ‘brown-out’ instead of ‘black-out’ [Yeah. I’ve been wondering why.]
You say ‘Ay’ or “Uy” instead of ‘oops’
You start with ‘actually’ when you’re trying to explain something [haha. Reminds me of someone. :P]
You say ‘comfort room’ instead of bathroom [CR. xD]
You pronounce ‘fax’ as the four letter word
Ano’ and ‘di ba’ regularly slip out during conversations
You say, ‘my girlfriend will fetch,’ when foreigners think fetching is for dogs
You try hard to speak English and when you don’t know what to say next, you say ‘you know…’ [LOL. hahaha!]
You change your accent according to the person you’re talking to
When someone’s pregnant, you say ‘she’s on the way’
You say ‘ayyss—-!’ in kolehiyala accent to show any kind of extreme emotion - ‘ayyy, shheeettt, nag-split na sila? ‘ayysss, shheeettt talaga?
When somebody gives you a compliment, instead of saying thank you, you say ‘hindi naman’
