Better Philippines » mabuhay http://www.betterphilippines.com Blogging For A Better Philippines|Pointing Out Truths Others Deny Or Ignore Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:27:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Strange Case of Mabuhay http://www.betterphilippines.com/filipino-pride/the-strange-case-of-mabuhay/ http://www.betterphilippines.com/filipino-pride/the-strange-case-of-mabuhay/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 13:52:32 +0000 bp http://www.betterphilippines.com/?p=511 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 “mabuhay”?

Is our use of this word indicative of something deeper?

Share your thoughts, please.

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