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Thursday, Apr 24, 2008

Newbs - I'm from the States. Astig.

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Just because you're white doesn't mean you're from the States. We all know that's true, but give 40 years of colonization plus another 60 years of neo-colonization and you have Filipinos thinking all white folks come from the land of the free. Well, in this lesson, Cris and Mickey teach you how to clarify where you are from, Cris also adds some flavor with his etymology of the word "astig". Jovitt discusses the importance of hometowns and provinces.

A: Excuse me po, taga-rito ka ba?
B: Hindi, taga-Amerika ako.
A: Talaga? Taga-Canada ako.
B: Astig.

A: Excuse me, are you from here?
B: No, I'm from the States.
A: Really? I'm from Canada.
B: Cool.

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Music included in this episode:
Daliri by Kjwan and Princesa by 6Cyclemind

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3 Comments:

KalyeSpeak said...: Hi guys, I'm not drunk in this episode.

-- Cris; 4/24/2008 11:41 AM
Anonymous said...: Could have fooled me.; 4/27/2008 12:27 AM
KalyeSpeak said...: Paulo, taga-saan ka?; 4/29/2008 9:54 PM

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