FILIPINOISM

FILIPINO: Aircon FILIPINO: connected with

CORRECT : Air Conditioner or A/C
FILIPINO: Ref/Frigeder
CORRECT : Fridge/Refrigerator
FILIPINO: Softdrinks
CORRECT : Soda/Cola
FILIPINO: Bottomless
CORRECT : Refillable Drinks
FILIPINO: Fill up
CORRECT : Fill out
* Fill up usually used for liquids
* Please fill-out this form.
FILIPINO: A while ago
CORRECT : Just a minute/seconds
* a while ago means a long time ago
FILIPINO: Officemates
CORRECT : Co-workers, Colleagues
CORRECT : associated with
FILIPINO: it's for free!
CORRECT : it's free of charge
FILIPINO: Hold your line
CORRECT : Please hold
FILIPINO: Rubber Shoes
CORRECT : Sneakers
FILIPINO: Xerox
CORRECT : Photocopy
** Xerox is a brand name of a photo copier
machine.
FILIPINO: Hand Carry
CORRECT : Carry - on luggage
** for OFW if your still in Philippine Airport
you still used Hand Carry but in other
countries they say Carry -on luggage

FILIPINO: Come Again! FILIPINO: Course

CORRECT : Please repeat!
FILIPINO: Get Down
CORRECT : Get Off
FILIPINO: Comfort Room (C.R)
CORRECT : John (Male), Lou (Female),
Restroom
FILIPINO: Fetch Me up.
CORRECT : Pick me up
FILIPINO: Fall in line
CORRECT : Get in line, stand in line, form a
line
FILIPINO: Close the light.
CORRECT : Turn off the light.
FILIPINO: take-out
CORRECT : to go
* for those fastfood restaurant if they want
to take-out, they simply say to go.
FILIPINO: table napkin
CORRECT : tissue
** we know napkin ( e.g modess, wishper
etc.) is also different to a table napkin
FILIPINO: next next week
CORRECT : week after next
CORRECT : Major
* what field of study you took up in college
FILIPINO: Colgate
CORRECT : Toothpaste
** we know that Colgate is brand of a
toothpaste.
More example of FILIPINOISM:
Ms. Venus Raj at Ms. Universe pageant,
The term "MAJOR MAJOR" may not be
necessarily be grammatically incorrect but
it cannot be understood by English
speakers.
The term was result of the Filipino habit of
repeating words to put emphasis like in
tagalog:
Bakit sobra-sobra naman yan?
Girl, Ang puti-puti mo.
Ang bait-bait ng batang 'to!