SIGNS THAT YOU'RE A FILIPINO - VOCABULARY

1. You say 'for take out' instead of 'to go' ('take away' for Singaporean)
2. You 'open' and 'close' the lights
3. You ask for 'Colgate' instead of toothpaste
4. You ask for 'pentel pen' instead of a ballpen or pen
5. You refer to refrigerator as 'ref', 'Frigidare', or "pridyider"
6. You say 'kodakan' instead of take a picture
7. You order 'McDonalds' instead of hamburger, which you pronounce 'ham-boor-jer'
8. You say 'Ha?' instead of 'what?'
9. You say 'Hoy!' to get someone's attention
10. You answer when someone yells 'Hoy!'
11. You turn around when you hear 'pssst'
12. You say 'Cutex' instead of nail polish
13. You say 'for a while' instead of 'Please hold' on the telephone
14. You say 'he' when you mean 'she' and vice versa
15. Your sneeze sounds like 'Ahh-ching' instead of 'Ahh-choo'
16. You say 'Aray' instead of 'ouch'
17. You make acronyms for phrases: 'OA' = overacting, 'DOM' = dirty old man, and 'TNT' for... You know
18. You say 'aircon' instead of 'A/C' or airconditioner
19. You pronounce the ff. words: 'Hippopo-TA-mus', 'com-FOR-table', 'Bro-CO-li', and 'Montgo-marry Ward'
20. You say 'brown-out' instead of 'black-out'
21. You say 'Ay' or "Uy" instead of 'oops'
22. You start with 'actually' when you're trying to explain something
23. You say 'comfort room' instead of bathroom
24. You pronounce 'fax' as the four letter word
25. Ano' and 'di ba' regularly slip out during conversations
26. You say, 'my girlfriend will fetch,' when foreigners think fetching is for dogs
27. You try hard to speak English and when you don't know what to say next, you say 'you know...'
28. You change your accent according to the person you're talking to
29. When someone's pregnant, you say 'she's on the way'
30. You say 'ayyss---!' in kolehiyala accent to show any kind of extreme emotion - 'ayyy, shheeettt, nag-split na sila? 'ayysss, shheeettt talaga?
31. When somebody gives you a compliment, instead of saying thank you, you say 'hindi naman'