You are familiar with many aspects of Bisaya culture and language based on terms, references, folk heroes, foods, and experiences that are uniquely Bisaya. You can communicate comfortably in Bisaya with others from the same region and recognize Bisaya terms when used by others even if just hearing the tune of a song. You feel proud of your cultural identity and insulted when outsiders ridicule or misuse elements of Bisaya language and culture.
You are familiar with many aspects of Bisaya culture and language based on terms, references, folk heroes, foods, and experiences that are uniquely Bisaya. You can communicate comfortably in Bisaya with others from the same region and recognize Bisaya terms when used by others even if just hearing the tune of a song. You feel proud of your cultural identity and insulted when outsiders ridicule or misuse elements of Bisaya language and culture.
You are familiar with many aspects of Bisaya culture and language based on terms, references, folk heroes, foods, and experiences that are uniquely Bisaya. You can communicate comfortably in Bisaya with others from the same region and recognize Bisaya terms when used by others even if just hearing the tune of a song. You feel proud of your cultural identity and insulted when outsiders ridicule or misuse elements of Bisaya language and culture.
someone by saying "bisaya", but it's okay if another Bisdak uses it to another Bisdak, as in "ah, bisayaa pud oy!"
2. You feel proud when Matud nila is sung and you
sing along with it bisan dili nimo memorize.
3. Hibal-an nimo kung unsa ang habal-habal bisan
wala pa ka kasakay niani ug siyempre pa ang "sikad"
4. 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) adunay tendency ?nga ?pulihan ?lang ang "o" or "a" og "i", i.e., ang atop into atip, ang kan-on into kan-in, ang sud-an into sud-in ug ang utan into..(hehehehe)
5. you know what "itlog mo 'noy orange" means
6. you know that the karaang "bayle" aron
mamahimong modern gipulihan na og "disco" - discoral
is "TARGET" - asin nga targeton lang nimo sa imong tudlo
20. 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!
21. You whisper bisaya to a fellow bisdak in the
midst of a tagalog crowd...and he replies loudly to you in tagalog!
22. The first question you ask when you found out that someone is bisdak, "taga-asa man diay ka?"
23. You usually use the warning phrase Hala Ka!
24. 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), 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, 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....