You know you're Cebuano if... (expanded)
Hector Santos
YOU KNOW YOU'RE CEBUANO IF...
1. You order Cokes even if you only want one.
2. At a Chinese restaurant in Manila, you ask for patis and get mad when
they give you patis.
3. When somebody talks about langgam you look up instead of down.
4. You call your mother's brother "ang-kol."
5. You burst into a song for no reason at all.
6. You go to McDonald's and order a "Ham-bur-jer".
The sales lady says "Ah, you mean "Ham-bur-ger"?
Then you say "Oo. Pasensiya ka na miss 'Streng-ger kasi ako rito e".
7. Instead of asking "Meron ka na?" you say "Meron na ka?".
8. You *cannot* stand seeing one more stupid Sarao Jeepney while
visiting Manila.
9. You're disembarking a crowded boat at Manila's piers, and say to the
disembarking crowd "O...dahan-dahan lang...baka mayroong mapisat!".
10. You know who "Daloydoy" is.
11. The scientific/biological terms "carbon" & "colon" have other less
scientific meanings to you.
12. You're obsessed or have parents that are obsessed with *anything*
Santo Niño.
13. You go to a restaurant and order soup (in Cebuano, "soap"), and the
waiter points you to the restroom.
14. When in Manila, you say, "Ho, ho, puede agi dito"?
15. You say "Nakain 'ko ng manok" (I was eaten by a chicken), when you
mean you had some chicken (Kumain ako ng manok).
16. Somebody calls you "hindot" and you say, "Thank you," because you
think you heard "nindot."
17. You know "Tiban and Golyat."
18. When you need public service, you just go to the only radio station
in Cebu that offers it: D Y ITS P (dyhp).
19. You always end your question with the word "sa?"
20. You believe that "lansiao" is an aphrodisiac so eat too much of it.
21. Junquera St. is either your best or worst place to be.
22. When you're angry and in Manila, you say "Mangyari na ang mahitabo!"
23. When somebody crosses the road and gets hit you say, "Sabi nang
huwag lumabang, tumabok! Naligsan tuloy."
24. You tell a girl, "Nakalibog man ka," and are surprised when you get
a slap.
25. You say, "Magpa-Kodak na ta" and then say cheesseeeee.....
26. When in Manila, you pay the jeepney driver when you reach your
destination instead of paying it ahead of time (the Manileño way).
27. You love to say, 'Ambot sa langaw. Pilay edad sa ok-ok'.
(Translation: "Sorry I don't know").
28. You believe and think that Manila is a place populated by Cebuanos
and a few Tagalogs.
29. When in Manila, your senses are tuned sharply to detect any Cebuano
conversation in the surroundings thus confirming your belief in #28.
30. You like listening to the radio program "Verboten".
31. You "rekweyst" a song from DYRC.
32. You like "otap" and "rosquillos."
33. You call a taxi "PU."
34. You say "inasal" instead of "lechon."
35. You know how to sing "Matud Nila" ug "Usahay."
36. You fancy riding a "taxihorse" or tartanilla.
37. You join the "Sinulog" parade.
38. You like "pochero" and "balbacua."
39. You know how to bet on "masiao."
40. You listen to a radio program called "Esteban Escudero."
41. You expect to see the Chinese Temple in Beverly Hills.
42. You know where Lilang's Guitar is located.
43. You know the Osmeñas in Cebu (you are a true-blooded Cebuano).
44. You are "dugay na sa Manila tonto lang gihapon."
45. You say, "Bastos, uwagan lami ra ba na."
46. Your mother worried when your friend visited her and said,
"Mabuti(l) ang lagay niya," in response to a query about your condition
in the big city.
47. You firmly believe you're a descendant of Lapulapu even if it is
impossible for records to show it.
48. You expect to find a fruit stand at every corner.
49. Eating rice makes you hungry after half an hour.
50. You expect department stores to be burned down every year so they
can be made bigger.
51. When you take the jeepney you instinctively choose the most forward
seat so other passengers won't slide down towards you like they do in
your more favored means of transportation.
52. You give candies and other presents to your Santo Niño.
53. You understand perfectly why Elizabeth Ramsey cannot travel without
taking at least one of her eighty large Santo Niños with her.
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clint santiago b. suson
Hector Santos wrote:
54. You enjoy eating "mais (corn)" as much as rice.
55. You know that "Gemma" is not just name of a woman.
55. You know what a "sutokil" means. ( sugba, tuwa ug kilaw).
56. You know Esteban and Goliat, and use to watch "Si Goat the
Worderpol".
57. You don't understand why people from manila loves that stupid
looking nowhere near the cebuano "jiffy" stainless jeeps.
58. You use to listen to "Ramine ang batang bronse".
59. You have eaten at Larsian.
60. Your either a bugoy or a bogay.
61. When getting off the jeepney, you say "eskina lang noy"( stop at
the corner) or "lugar lang"( pull over the curb).
62. When you not impressed you say " bisaya-a uy".
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63. When someone poke your face, you say "Aruy!"
64. When someone asks you "Kumain ka na ba?" and you answer "Wala pa"
instead of "Hindi pa"
65. You always forgot to add "Po" for answering a Tagalog elder.
66. You know how to play guitar.
67. You don't bother to leave you footwear at the door.
68. You pronounce the vowel e to i and i to e.
69. When you see a beggar in the street of Manila, you say "Luoy intawon
si Manong" instead of "kawawa naman".
70. You address your friend as "Bay".
Pedro Penduko
> 55. You know what a "sutokil" means. ( sugba, tuwa ug kilaw).
Wetaminit hir! akala ko "sutokil" eh order ni Erap noong hantingin ang mga
lider ng "kuracot baleleng" gang.
Ay maliii! "shoot to kill" pala!
Isa pa! Ang sutokil ba ay pareho ng "sinamak" sa illongo?
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Pedro Penduko
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clint santiago b. suson <csu...@gwcom.com> wrote in article
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Sayruth
61. You use your lips to point something.
62. You say "bii noy" or "bii nang".
63. You eat Puso^,(hanging rice) inasal, pakapin suka nga halang.
64. You've been to Talisay (Beach).
65. You've had a date at Fort San Pedro.
66. You like to listen to "Handumanan sa usa ka awit" radio program.
67. You call each female friend "inday", or "day".
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