“Manang, Flynn!”
~Mike
“Senior, Mike!”
~Moi
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I’m like, WTF? Isn’t that supposed to be an impolite way of addressing someone who is NOT an older sister and unmarried? I’m five years younger than he is and far from being married. But this is the polite way of addressing a Filipina for the Ilocano & Cebuano. Since I understand Tagalog, Mike should have addressed moi as Ate, not as in the past tense for eating food, but pronounced as “Ahh’ – te”.
Of course, I’m clueless and get thrown off easily by surprises. I had to explain that to him plus the fact that I’m “deaf”. So we walked off from the water fountain after he got his snacks of chips and the blue water bottle and after I finished dispensing my warm water between HOT and COLD.
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