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Saturday, September 22, 2007
First, a little background. We live on a pretty busy street, and the house next door had a wall 12-16 feet high when we moved in. It had a big, equally tall, black metal gate, so we called the place, “Mordor.” We have two girls who live with us and are like our family; Marylan, [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
I found this fun website! Put in your name and you will be given your very own Pinoy moniker! Mine new name is: Evangeline Marie Daffodil Saclolo
Click here to give it a try!
Friday, August 17, 2007
I am sure you have noticed that the letters ‘b’ and ‘v’ can be used interchangeably. I remember meeting a man who told me, “My name is Nacio Villianueva, dat is ‘bee as in beak toe ree’”(victory) The letter ‘p’ is also often exchanged with the letter ‘f’ with some interesting results in [...]
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Between hard core grammar lessons, I will take Malcomb’s suggestion and give some readily usable speaking tips.
First, a word about Cebuano vowel sounds. The vowels sounds are similar to that of Spanish: Ah, ehy, ee, and here is the exception: the ‘o’ and ‘u’ sounds can almost be used interchangeably, and are a sound somewhere [...]
Friday, July 27, 2007
I have been hanging around this blog since it began, and before that, I discovered Bob’s Mindanao blog, and the one for Cagayan de Oro, which I enjoy checking for news and so on.
I know that there has been some speculation as to what an AmericanLola might be! My name is Luanne, my husband and [...]
