BISAYA KA'NG DAKO KONG.....

1. You feel insulted when a non-Bisdak ridicules someone by saying"Bisaya", but it's okay if another Bisdak uses it to another Bisdak, asin "ah, Bisayaa sab oy!"

2. You feel proud when Matud Nila is being sang and you sing along with itbisan dili nimo memorize.

3. Hibal-an nimo kung unsa ang "habal-habal" bisan wala pa ka kasakayniani.

4. Common usages kung ga-tinagalog: the use of "kuwan" as interjection,ang superlative nga pirmi gamiton mao ang "masyado", i.e., maingaymasyado, sobra masyado, bilisan mo masyado (read: paspasi lagi) adunaytendency nga pulihan lang ang "o" or "a" og "i", i.e., ang atop intoatip, ang kan-on> into kan-in, ang sud-an into sud)

5. You know what "itlog mo 'noy orange" means.

6. You know that the karaang "bayle" aron mahimong modern gipulihan naog "disco" (discoral).

7. Aduna kay hibaw-an nga at least usa ka kanta ni Yoyoy Villame or MaxSurban bisan sa tono lang.

8. You can use varied terms of endearment for friends and relatives likebay, parts, paparts, migo, parekoy, pareng, choy, higala, kid, gaw,gaweks, manoy, nong, inse, ditse, iyo, iya, palangga, pangga, gang.

9. You call someone "Inday" and/or "Dodong" as a term of affection andhate it when other non-Bisdaks use the term as if its a title given fora househelp.

10. You know what "maninghag" is?

11. You know Vino Kulafu and Fighter Wine...sometimes you even knowtheir jingles!

12. Instead of Stork, you chose Snowbear or you buy Timbura when youmean Corniks.

13. You're familiar with the brand Loalde in clothing.

14. You crave for inun-unan, paklay, ginamay, halang-halang, kinilaw,ginamos, buwad, binignit,, sikwate paresan sa puto maya.

15. Esteban Escudero and Golyat are folk heroes.

16. "Handumanan sa Usa Ka Awit" is closer to your heart than "MaalaalaMo Kaya" TV show.

17. At ...pag-nagulat- nabigla ang mga Bisdak ang biglang sigaw ay "aybilat" o kaya "ay otin sa kabayo"

18. SUTUKIL is as common as TAPSILOG; in fact you know that SUTUKIL camefirst.

19. Your common pulutan for tuba drinking is "TARGET" - asin ngatargeton lang nimo sa imong tudlo.

20. You have at least once in your lifetime experienced "Ang Mysterio saPaglawig sa Barko Padulong Manila", a phenomenon that when the boat isapproaching Manila, everybody around you suddenly becomes Tagalogspeaking nga adtong miaging adlaw lang pwerting Bisaya pa ninyo!

21. You whisper Bisaya to a fellow Bisdak in the midst of a Tagalogcrowd ...and he replies loudly to you in Tagalog!

22. The first question you ask when you found out that someone isBisdak, "taga-asa man diay ka?"

23. You usually use the warning phrase "Hala Ka"!

24. You know the meaning and proper usages of the following (irreverent)words/phrases: pesteng yawa, usapa na, pastilan, lat-inanag, butalo, waykurat, hastang, puslan man, buing, kuwangol, libod-suroy, ligas-paka,way kuha, ka-ubo, kolera, burikat, duha singko, balang, palag, wa kakyapi?, ok pas olrayt, haybol, ang pahak!, jer-jer, way blema, pagarpar,giro, kalandrakas, ambot sa langaw pilay idad sa ok-ok, bugnawg simod,bagdok, gi-atay!, gi-ahak, gibangkong, tibak (tiguwang bakla), NPA(nawong puros agtang), tira pasagad, basin diay pilay pad sa ungoy,banat kay awaaw, mat-an pas pinya, ngitngit pas alkitran, tak-om pastuway, malalim mo na!, sus!

25. Sigurado ko nga naa pa kay ikadugang ani: miembro ka sa GKK no?"gagmayng ki-at ki-at", LKK (Looy Kaayo Ka), bayntchenge (.25), sewewen(.50), wesiwesi (P1), eskina lang noy, pamokong, bahala na'g ligsanbasta in-shirt, ug ering-ering DUHA! Sa mga lugar, kahibalo ka asa angLarsian, Bukid, Boulevard, Sammy's, ka Monette, kandingan, Sutukil,Duawon, original Ngo Hiong (kadtong orange nga plato nga puwerting kamantikaon).

Be proud that you are a BISDAK!!!