You know you’re Bisdak if:
You feel insulted when a non-bisdak ridicules someone by saying “bisaya”, but it’s okay for you if you or another bisdak use it to another bisdak, as in “ah, bisayaa pud oy!”
You feel proud when “Matud Nila” ["Ang Tigulang" na run] sung and you sing along with it bisan dili nimo memorize.
Hibal-an nimo kung unsa ang habal-habal bisan wala pa ka kasakay niani ug siyempre pa ang “sikad”
common usages kung ga-tinagalog: the use of “kuwan” as interjection ang superlative nga pirmi gamiton mao ang “masyado”, i.e., maingay masyado, sobra masyado, bilisan mo masyado (read: paspasi lagi) naay tendency nga pulihan lang ang “o” or “a” og “i”, i.e., ang atop into atip, ang kan-on into kan-in
you know what “itlog mo ‘noy orange” means
you know that the karaang “bayle” aron mamahimong modern gipulihan na og “disco” - discoral
aduna kay hibaw-an nga at least usa ka kanta ni Yoyoy Villame or Max Surban bisan sa tono lang
you can use varied terms of endearment for friends and relatives like bay, parts, paparts, migo, kabs (kababayan), parekoy, pareng, choy,
higala, kid, gaw, gaweks, manoy, nong, inse, ditse,iyo, iya, palangga, pangga, gang, miga, migo
you call someone “Inday” and/or “Dodong” as a term of affection and hate it when other non-bisdak use the term as if its a title given for a househelp.
you know what “maning hang” is [Bisaya-a pud oie!]
you know vino kulafu and fighter wine…sometimes you even know its jingle!
instead of stork, you chose snowbear or you buy Timbura when you mean Corniks
your familiar with the brand Loalde in clothing
you crave for inun-unan, paklay, halang-halang, law-oy, kinilaw, ginamos, bulad, binignit (tabirak), sikwate paresan sa puto maya, Panga (tuna)
Esteban Escudero and Golyat are folk heroes
Handumanan sa Usa ka Awit is closer to your heart than Maalaala Mo Kaya TV show
You know what HITACHI means (Himantayon, Tabian, Chismosa/o)
SUTUKIL is as common as TAPSI, in fact you know that SUTUKIL came first
Your common pulutan for Tuba drinking is “TARGET” - asin nga targeton lang nimo sa imong tudlo
You have at least once in your lifetime experienced “Ang Mysterio sa Paglawig sa Barko Padulong Manila”, a phenomenon that when the Boat is approaching Manila, everybody around you suddenly becomes tagalog speaking nga adtong miaging adlaw lang pwerting bisaya pa ninyo!
You whisper bisaya to a fellow bisdak in the midst of a tagalog crowd…and he replies loudly to you in tagalog! [Haha, himo nako ni usahay.]
The first question you ask when you found out that someone is bisdak, “taga-asa man diay ka?” [Basig silingan ra diay?]
You usually use the warning phrase Hala Ka!
You know the meaning and proper usages of the following (irreverent) words/phrases: pesteng yawa, usapa na, pastilan, latina__ , butalo, way kurat, hastang, puslan man, kuwangol, libod-suroy, ligas-paka, way kuha, ka-ubo, kolera, sampila(koy), burik_t, barbaki, mangga ka sir?,duha singko, balang, palag?, wa ka kyapi?, ok pas olrayt, haybol, ang pahak!, jer-jer, way blema, tulibagbag, pagarpar, giro, pamalalat,kalandrakas, bulala, ambot sa langaw pilay idad sa ok-ok, bugnawg simod, buak ang pula, bagdok, gi-atay, gi-ahak, tibak (tiguwang bakla), NPA(nawong puros agtang), mamaklad, agua de pataranta, tira pasagad, basin diay pilay pad’s sa ungoy, banat kay awaaw, mat-an pas pinya, ngitngit pas alkitran, tak-om pas tuway, ug uban pa….
You know you’re Bisdak if:
Originally Posted by nItO/pIrEnA
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