I saw a post recently, saying that the women of the Philippines often don't understand us babbling English speakers. Is that the general impression of others?

Do I need to learn yet another language in my pursuit of The Hobby?
If so, does anyone have suggestions as to where to get cassetes or CD's of Tagalog lessons?

What are the +/- of tapes/CD's?

English is the language of MONEY in the PI. If a girl is interested in money she's got some skills in both languages.

That being said - even if she has four words ("C HOW U R") she still understands the program. You can wave over the mamasan and she'll be MORE then happy to help you talk to the girl and arrange fun!! I have found that NOT being able to communicate has its bonuses too. Some that speak English will prattle on about this, that, or the other. If they don't speak but a few words they tend to concentrate on the task at hand - sucking/fucking!! If you're worried about getting your point across do what I do: BF her and one/more of her friends that DO speak English!! Makes for good times...

E

Thanks, E., appreciate the feedback.

Let me clarify, as I laid out in my thread, "Info Sources on PI and Area." I am looking at sorting thru some women in AC, and then taking one on a trip for a week or two.

It sounds like a pretty fair percentage of Philippinas speak English well. If so, it is a far cry from La Coahuila in Tijuana, where very few women, in the bars or sidewalks, speak it well.

Nonetheless, I'm still left with the question, how desirable is it, to study up on Tagalog? Particularly in view of plans to go hiking and mountain biking around Palawan? Where it might be nice to speak the language of the locals, aside from talking with my travel companion. From what I've read, though, Tagalog is more a language of Luzon, not Palawan.

RJ

Don't bother with learning Tagalog. Some think it's handy, but unless you're gonna marry the girl you really don't need it to have a good time with a sweet girl. Just go there, find a girl you like spending time with, make sure she's NOT going to have her period during the time of the trip and have fun. That's all it is. You can EASILY find an enthusiastic partner to join you on a trip - just don't let her know until AFTER you've "interviewed" her for at least one night in your room!!!

When you gonna be there? May be in that region for a while...

E

Possibly Jan-March of '05.

Thanks for the reminder about the period - so many things to remember! Another thing to add to the check list. And yes, I agree, about not telling her in advance about the trip, until after the night.

What about the advisability of learning Tagalog, in light of traveling in a relatively remote province such as Palawan, and getting away from the resorts for long periods of time there?

I've not read of any high altitude places to stay on Palawan; do you know of any? If nothing else, we might just rent horses or a vehicle, and go camping for several days. The heat/humididity can be a humdangger!

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Jan-March of '05?!?! DUDE!!!! Go NOW. Fuck as MANY as you can NOW!! Wait a year and they'll ALL BE GONE!!!! Hurry hurry HURRY!!!!

E

Yeah, Epi, they were all gone last month when I was there....

Pretty cool site for learning Tagalog. May go through a few lessons before the next trip.

http://www.tagalog1.com

Ok, maybe not as cool as I originally thought.

Some vocabluary:

Yes – Oo
No – Hindi
Telephone – Telepono
Good morning – Magandang umaga
Good afternoon – Magandang hapon
Good evening – Magandang gabi
Please – Puwede ba
Thank you – Salamat
Thank you very much – Maraming salamat
Sorry – Paumanhin
Hello – Kumusta
Goodbye – Paalam
Left – Kaliwa
Right – Kanan
Water – Tubig
Beer- Serbesa
Wine – Alak
Milk – Gatas
Coffee – Kape
Ladies’ toilet – Kubeta ng babai
Gents’ toilet – Kubeta ng lalaki
One –isa
Two – Dalawa
Three – Tatlo
Hospital – Ospital
Aspirin – Aspirin
Taxi – Taksi
Where is the bank? – Nasaan ang bangko?
Where are the suitcases? – Nasaan ang mga maleta?
Passport – Pasaporte
Credit Card – Kredit Kard
Keys – Susi
Bicycle – Bisikleta
Car – Kotse
Bus – Bus
Airplane – Eroplano
Train – Tren
Ship – Bangka
Beach – Baybay – dagat
Bed – Kama
House – Bahay
Bathroom – Banyo
Shower – Dutsa
Hotel – Otel

Interesting the influence from both English and Spanish. Before the Spaniards came, apparently Filipinos spoke and wrote languages similar to those in neighboring Indonesia and Malaysia.

Xenono,
http://www.tagalog1.com

Thanks for the tip on this site. It is good.

Daytimer

On a lighter note today, Toggletext is now offering Tagalog translations.

They have a checkbox for sms/email mode. But they only do Tagalog to English. Not English to Tagalog.

I believe Google Translate also does Tagalog to English and vice versa, but it does not account for the abbreviations.

http://toggletext.com/

Just to confuse things further though, I think half them ladies in AC are generally jabbering in Waray-Waray or some other kind of heavily slang infested Visayan and even native Tagalog speakers don't understand a damn word they are saying.

Ever have a honeyko scream, curse you out in rapid-fire Tagalog, rather amuzing but frightful.

Puwet/Puwit = CORNHOLE

whats a cornhole?

corn hole [noun] - the anus

cornhole [verb] - anal sex on the giving end, butt fuck, ride the Hershey Highway.

FYI, Other terms relating to 'anal sex': Greek, fifth base, punch the starfish.

RB, don't confuse any of these with the 19th hole; the clubhouse bar at a golf course..........


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In the days before toilet paper, farmers would use old corn cobs to wipe their asses after dropping a deuce. Thus, the term "corn hole" was born.

Personally, I think the old Roman method - using a sponge tied to the end of a stick - would have been preferable, but I guess there weren't that many sponges in 19th-century Iowa or Kansas.

I am not a historian but IIRC, I believe the "Roman sponge stick" was traditionally communally shared by all. Thus making that technique far less preferable to the old corn cob as far as I'm concerned. At least if you wern't the first in line whenever they got a new sponge stick. However if one does find themselves in that situation without modern conveniences, I would think the age old Asian scoop of rainwater to wash oneself is really quite preferable to all the afore mentioned techniques.

There were communal shitters and there, the sponge stick was shared, but was washed by the attendant after every customer. But, that was in urban environments only, and many people had their own sponge stick. Of course, corn was unknown in Europe until brought back from the New World, so using corn cobs was a non starter.

The phrase "the shit end of the stick" comes from people grabbing the sponge end instead of the handle.

Next, the origin of "the shit hit the fan"....

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Smart fellers here!

re: the "Hershey Highway", if you ever broach the subject of "aiming high" with a certain cutie on Perimeter road with a tramp stamp of "jimmy" above the bullseye, she'll giggle at the HH reference...

I have been gone for awhile....So a small contribution...

Corn hole....Puwet Butas....

Or for the inquisitive monger...

Bakit maraming digi-dig sa Puwet mo?

Translation...Why are there a lot of zits on your ass?

Deflates a stuckup bargirl dancers ego every time...

bulbol = pubic hair

I always tell them "no bulbol" whenever they give me that "what the hell are doing" look whenever I whip out my shaver and go to work shaving their pussy without asking first.