The Strange Case of Mabuhay

Isn’t it strange that in advertisements promoting Philippine tourism the word ‘mabuhay” is standard but in normal conversations it is never used. That being the case, why then do we use it at all when addressing a foreign audience? “Come visit the Philippines. Mabuhay!” Don’t we have any other conversational words that we can use in lieu of [...] Read more »

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