Much of the wordplay in the Philippines is deliberate, with retailers favouring witty names, often based on Western celebrities and movies - e.g., a bread shop called Anita Bakery, a 24-hour restaurant called Doris Day and Night, a garment shop called Elizabeth Tailoring and a hairdresser called Felix The Cut.
Smart travellers can decipher initially baffling signs by simply trying out a Taglish (Tagalog-English) accent, such as that used on a sign at a restaurant in Cebu : "We Hab Sop-Drink In Can An In Batol." A sewing accessories shop called Beads And Pieces also makes use of the local accent.
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More Sightings of the Filipino Wit.....?
Bus sign: Full string to stop driver (F as in feofle).
What do you call two Pinoy pilots?
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Pliers of course.
Reply:filipinos are very ingenious indeed! business minded by heart they sure know how to get their market's attention.
Reply:Some are pure ingenuity some can be annoying. really getting close to engrish.
oh yeah, Black Hat, obeertym was a favorite hang-out for cash-strapped die-hard beer-drinkers. i can still visualize the yummy grilled seafood and tengang baboy they have/
Reply:Wow!! Nice question...I didn't see any restaurant here in Cebu using the sign "We Hab Sop-Drink In Can An In Batol"..heheh that's funny *LOL* So. the topic here is about filipino wordplay? I don't know with them why are they using it? It's not funny anymore...its' irritating me because it shows that Filipino is not very good at making names especially in games especially using there names! Example: XxBliSsxX they're using any symbol to represent there nice names. That's all.
Reply:sweet2water, you made me remember something
i met this cute guy in baguio and we were making kulitan with each other.. then he teased me "Forky"... i thought he was just joking but then i realized he was unconsciously interchanging 'p' with 'f'
i stiffled a laughter coz i dont want him to get embarassed.. but i cant help but get tearyeyed because of humor.
Reply:this is very typical Pinoy! if I have a barbershop business, I'd probably call it "Snip n Snap" or "Hair R Us"
Reply:Of course! %26lt;*-*%26gt;
Names of Philippine business establishments
If you still speak some Filipinos, you might enjoy the humor;
otherwise, pass it on to your Filipino-speaking friends.
The humor gets lost in the translation…
Bread Pitt is a a bakery.
Maruya Carey is a a fast-food place selling turon and maruya in Greenbelt, Makati
Caintacky Fried Chicken is a an eatery in Cainta, Rizal.
Mang Donald's is a a burger joint at the Naga City plaza.
Candies Be Love? Can anything be sweeter than this?
Doris Day and Night is a a 24-hour eatery.
Babalik Karinderia is obvious.
Holland Hopia is owned by Mr. Ho.
and next-door neighbor Poland Hopia is owned by Mr. Po. in Chinatown
Miki Mao is a a noodle house.
Tapsi Turbi is a a tapa house.
Cleopata's is a a manukan and bakahan.
Goto Heaven is obvious.
The Fried of Marikina is a a fried chicken house.
Wrap and Roll is a a lumpia outlet at the Quad, Makati.
Pansit ng taga-Malaboni is a a panciteria on Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong.
Side-saki is a a side street eatery beside Mandarin Oriental in Makati.
Let's Goat-Together is a kambingan-***-beer garden.
Meating Place is a a meat shop.
Meatropolis is a another meat shop.
Isda best,
Pusit to the limit,
and Hipon coming back
are entrees on the menu of a seafood restaurant.
Cinna Von is a laundromat.
Pier Carding is a a tailoring shop in Pier, Manila.
The Way We Wear is a boutique.
Curl Up and Dye is a a beauty salon.
Goldilooks is a barber shop.
Bote Nga Sa 'Yo is a used bottle shop.
Goldirocks is a gravel and sand shop.
Fernando Pe's Box Office Hits
is a video rental shop in Palawan.
Leon King is a Video Rental in Las Pi?as.
Memory Drug is a clone of Mercury Drug.
Petal Attraction is a flower shop near UP Diliman.
Susan's Roses is a flower shop, but of course!
Maid to Order is a maid-placement agency.
Singalong Sing-along is a karaoke bar in Singalong (where else?).
Signs seen on jeepneys:
A commuter is a jeepsetter
Pull string to stop driver.
God knows Hudas not pay.
Don't get close to me, get close to God.
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BTW, Believe it or not.. In Cebu City, when my beau and I were looking for an ATM to withdraw some money. We laughed out loud when we found out that the ATM machine we found is not an Automated Teller Machine but an "Automated Tubig Machine" (A water vendo machine). %26lt;*-*%26gt;
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I just copied my answers at allan y's previous Q.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Reply:to remember their business easy and and they also add humor
and also they want it to be unique in terms of advertising
Reply:Yes, Filipinos' ingenuity are seen everywhere. They come unsurpassed. One common sign on jeepneys (public utilitiy vehicles) read: Hudas not pay... Another one says: Sexy at maganda, paupo...mataba at matanda, pakiipit lang po.
Reply:these are filipino punny jokes.
Reply:...we are witty and we're pretty ingenious too, in our own way.
Reply:anyone here know the company, automobili co. ? hehehehe... Filipinos truly are one of a kind.
Reply:Yeah, wordplay plays a dominant role in Philippine trade. Often very smart, and all very entertaining. :D This could probably be because the Filipinos are generally humorous people, and lots are "mababaw ang kaligayahan", and laughter and jokes tend to catch our attention more quickly than serious signs and names. :D
Reply:a restaurant selling japanese food is aptly called "nakamura."
in tagalog, "nakamura" means able to get at a cheaper price.**
Reply:cool! only in the philippines!
Reply:How about along Pasong Tamo corner Dela Rosa St. in Makati a place called "OBEERTIME" meaning Overtime, and guess what, the same owner, put another hang out behind it and named it "UNDERTIME". These are places where you can hang out and drink some San Miguel Beer and a stick of barbeque.
Thats true, because my office before is near to that place and my co-workers during pay day like to hang there. The place is always full especially during nights of pay day.
wink-wink, penguin don't drink beer
Reply:what do filipino people think the japanese word for "is this your car?" is??
OTOMOTO. hahahah. i saw that on eat bulaga.
anyway, if you've seen finding nemo, the name of the fisherman is P. SHERMAN, which translates to FISHERMAN. my dad pointed that out to me. apparantley some of the animaters were filipino.
Reply:We are a happy-go-lucky people and we like to laugh at ourselves. That's why we think of something humorous in everything we do and say. This is one of the greatest qualities we have as a people.
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