Part 3 ...... You Know You Are A Filipino When

[Mike S]

51. You say 'kodakan' instead of take a picture

52. You order 'McDonalds' instead of hamburger, which you pronounce 'ham-boor-jer'

53. You say 'Ha?' instead of 'what?'

54. You say 'Hoy!' to get someone's attention

55. You answer when someone yells 'Hoy!'

56. You turn around when you hear 'pssst'

57. You say 'Cutex' instead of nail polish

58. You say 'for a while' instead of 'Please hold' on the telephone

59. You say 'he' when you mean 'she' and vice versa

60. Your sneeze sounds like 'Ahh-ching' instead of 'Ahh-choo'

61. You say 'Aray' instead of 'ouch'

62. You make acronyms for phrases: 'OA' = overacting, 'DOM' = dirty old man, and 'TNT' for... You know

63. You say 'aircon' instead of 'A/C' or airconditioner

64. You pronounce the ff. words: 'Hippopo-TA-mus', 'com-FOR-table', 'Bro-CO-li', and 'Montgo-marry Ward'

65. You say 'brown-out' instead of 'black-out'

66. You say 'Ay' or "Uy" instead of 'oops'

67. You start with 'actually' when you're trying to explain something

68. You say 'comfort room' instead of bathroom

69. You pronounce 'fax' as the four letter word

70. Ano' and 'di ba' regularly slip out during conversations

71. You say, 'my girlfriend will fetch,' when foreigners think fetching is for dogs

72. You try hard to speak English and when you don't know what to say next, you say 'you know...'

73. You change your accent according to the person you're talking to

74. When someone's pregnant, you say 'she's on the way'

75. You say 'ayyss---!' in kolehiyala accent to show any kind of extreme emotion - 'ayyy, shheeettt, nag-split na sila? 'ayysss, shheeettt talaga?