Iloilo

Iloilo – my would-be second home. There’s nothing so special about it, but lemme tell you some things about it.

Iloilo’s dialect is Ilonggo, or Hiligaynon. But, to tell you, the mindanaon ilonggo isn’t quite similar to Iloilo’s. There are terms in which we use differently - and the most importantly, the intonations. You wouldn’t get it right unless you come here and talk to them. You know what? I was really raising up my wards and fight off the Ilonggo’s sing-song tone. Yet, I ended up being the cause of laughter at home, back here in Mindanao.

Did you know? That they call BULAD as UGA?

When calling up at someone’s house, AYO is our term. But there. You should call, TAGBALAY.

As everyone know, our money is called, PISO, DOS, TRES. For example, tag SINGKO ang ice. Yet, at Iloilo, tag LIMA ang ice.

When riding a jeepney, once you were seated, you should pay forthwith. Ask for people infront of you to pass your fare to the driver. (Wala didto kundoktor)

Jeepney’s there are organized; they have trash cans inside their jeeps. They also keep their money into tiny rolls just like in cigarettes and place them in a translucent plastic box. They pile them there which would look like colorful minuscule bamboo walls. The coins are also classified into compartments.

When you have reached you destination, don’t you call out, sa UNHAN lang, while at Iloilo, they call out, sa BABAW lang.

These are some of the things I noticed. I’m starting to like the place except the intonation.