PINOY VOCABULARY
1. You say 'for take out' instead of 'to go' ('take away' for Singaporean)
2. You 'open' and 'close' the lights
3. You ask for 'Colgate' instead of toothpaste
4. You ask for 'pentel pen' instead of a ballpen or pen
5. You refer to refrigerator as 'ref', 'Frigidare', or "pridyider"
6. You say 'kodakan' instead of take a picture
7. You order 'McDonalds' instead of hamburger, which you pronounce 'ham-boor-jer'
8. You say 'Ha?' instead of 'what?'
9. You say 'Hoy!' to get someone's attention
10. You answer when someone yells 'Hoy!'
11. You turn around when you hear 'pssst'
12. You say 'Cutex' instead of nail polish
13. You say 'for a while' instead of 'Please hold' on the telephone
14. You say 'he' when you mean 'she' and vice versa
15. Your sneeze sounds like 'Ahh-ching' instead of 'Ahh-choo'
16. You say 'Aray' instead of 'ouch'
17. You say 'aircon' instead of 'A/C' or airconditioner
18. You pronounce the ff. words: 'Hippopo-TA-mus', 'com-FOR-table', 'Bro-CO-li', and 'Montgo-marry Ward'
19. You say 'brown-out' instead of 'black-out'
20. You say 'Ay' or "Uy" instead of 'oops'
21. You start with 'actually' when you're trying to explain something
22. You say 'comfort room' instead of bathroom
23. You pronounce 'fax' as the four letter word
24. Ano' and 'di ba' regularly slip out during conversations
25. You say, 'my girlfriend will fetch,' when foreigners think fetching is for dogs
26. You try hard to speak English and when you don't know what to say next, you say 'you know...'
27. You change your accent according to the person you're talking to
28. When someone's pregnant, you say 'she's on the way'
29. You say 'ayyss---!' in kolehiyala accent to show any kind of extreme emotion - 'ayyy, shheeettt, nag-split na sila? 'ayysss, shheeettt talaga?
30. When somebody gives you a compliment, instead of saying thank you, you say 'hindi naman'
