Etymology[edit]

The origins of the name of the Visayas is unknown. The word "Bisaya" was first documented in
Spanish sources in reference only to the non-Ati inhabitants of the island of Panay and possibly
parts of Negros. The peoples they first encountered in Western Visayas were described by the
Spanish as being "white people" and were not characterized as being tattooed, although inhabitants
of Panay living in the mountainous regions did practice tattooing. [8] In contrast, the Spaniards called
the inhabitants of other Visayan islands as the Pintados ("the painted ones") in reference to their
practice of tattooing their entire bodies.[9]

Speculations[edit]
From the 1950s to 1960s there were spurious claims by various authors that "Bisaya" is derived from
"Sri Vijaya", arguing that the Visayans were either settlers from Sri Vijaya or were subjects of it. This
claim is largely based only on the resemblance of the word Bisaya to Vijaya.[9] But as the linguist
Eugene Verstraelen pointed out, Vijaya would evolve into Bidaya or Biraya, not Bisaya, based on
how other Sanskrit-derived loanwords become integrated into Philippine languages.[10][11]
The name has also been hypothesized to be related to the Bisaya ethnic group of Borneo, the latter
incidentally recounted in the Maragtas epic as the alleged origins of the ancestral settlers in Panay.
However historical, archeological, and linguistic evidence for this are still paltry. The languages of
the Bisaya of Borneo and of the Bisaya of the Philippines do not show any special correlation, apart
from the fact that they all belong to the same Austronesian family. Similarly there are claims that it
was the name of a folk hero (allegedly "Sri Visaya") or that it originated from the exclamation "Bisai-
yah!" ("How beautiful!") by the Sultan of Brunei who was visiting Visayas for the first time. All these
claims have been challenged and until now remain as mere speculations and folk etymologies.[9]

Etymology[edit]
The origins of the name of the Visayas is unknown. The word "Bisaya" was first documented in
Spanish sources in reference only to the non-Ati inhabitants of the island of Panay and possibly
parts of Negros. The peoples they first encountered in Western Visayas were described by the
Spanish as being "white people" and were not characterized as being tattooed, although inhabitants
of Panay living in the mountainous regions did practice tattooing. [8] In contrast, the Spaniards called
the inhabitants of other Visayan islands as the Pintados ("the painted ones") in reference to their
practice of tattooing their entire bodies.[9]

Speculations[edit]
From the 1950s to 1960s there were spurious claims by various authors that "Bisaya" is derived from
"Sri Vijaya", arguing that the Visayans were either settlers from Sri Vijaya or were subjects of it. This
claim is largely based only on the resemblance of the word Bisaya to Vijaya.[9] But as the linguist
Eugene Verstraelen pointed out, Vijaya would evolve into Bidaya or Biraya, not Bisaya, based on
how other Sanskrit-derived loanwords become integrated into Philippine languages.[10][11]
The name has also been hypothesized to be related to the Bisaya ethnic group of Borneo, the latter
incidentally recounted in the Maragtas epic as the alleged origins of the ancestral settlers in Panay.
However historical, archeological, and linguistic evidence for this are still paltry. The languages of
the Bisaya of Borneo and of the Bisaya of the Philippines do not show any special correlation, apart
from the fact that they all belong to the same Austronesian family. Similarly there are claims that it
was the name of a folk hero (allegedly "Sri Visaya") or that it originated from the exclamation "Bisai-
yah!" ("How beautiful!") by the Sultan of Brunei who was visiting Visayas for the first time. All these
claims have been challenged and until now remain as mere speculations and folk etymologies.[9]
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The Big Mac hamburger made its debut in 1967

The Burger King Whopper sandwich made its debut in 1957

Some trace the modern history of fast food in the United States to 7 July 1912, with the opening of a
fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared
foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart had
already opened the first Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia in 1902, but their "Automat" at
Broadway and 13th Street, in New York City, created a sensation. Numerous Automat restaurants
were built around the country to deal with the demand. Automats remained extremely popular
throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The company also popularized the notion of "take-out" food, with
their slogan "Less work for Mother".
Most historians agree that the American company White Castle was the first fast food outlet, starting
in Wichita, Kansas in 1916 with food stands and founding in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents
apiece from its inception and spawning numerous competitors and emulators. What is certain,
however, is that White Castle made the first significant effort to standardize the food production in,
look of, and operation of fast food hamburger restaurants. William Ingram's and Walter Anderson's
White Castle System created the first fast food supply chain to provide meat, buns, paper goods,
and other supplies to their restaurants,