FILIPINOISM

FILIPINO: Aircon FILIPINO: it's for free!

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

FILIPINO: Come Again! FILIPINO: Colgate

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