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colonial hangovers

A collection of 30 Posts

PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test post image
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PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test

by Isabel Castro
A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules post image
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A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules

by Paolo Aquino
The Bandung Landlord Quotes One Price in Dutch and Another After You Switch to Sundanese post image
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The Bandung Landlord Quotes One Price in Dutch and Another After You Switch to Sundanese

by Miguel Torres
Bangkok Boys Fly to Seoul for Jaw Shaves on 18-Month Plans While Manila Clinics Copy the Deck post image
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Bangkok Boys Fly to Seoul for Jaw Shaves on 18-Month Plans While Manila Clinics Copy the Deck

by Carlo Cruz
The Accent Rubric Outlived the Client Who Wrote It post image
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The Accent Rubric Outlived the Client Who Wrote It

by Maria Garcia
Hacienda Luisita Farmworkers Hold Paper Titles That the Cane Mill Reads as Suggestions post image
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Hacienda Luisita Farmworkers Hold Paper Titles That the Cane Mill Reads as Suggestions

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by Carlo Cruz
Manila Derma Clinics Sell Preventive Botox to 22-Year-Olds on Klook Installments post image
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Manila Derma Clinics Sell Preventive Botox to 22-Year-Olds on Klook Installments

by Carlo Cruz
Jakarta Clinics Sell Glutathione Drips on 12-Month Plans While BPOM Bulletins Sit Unread post image
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Jakarta Clinics Sell Glutathione Drips on 12-Month Plans While BPOM Bulletins Sit Unread

by Carlo Cruz
The Brass Plate Reads Zobel. The Treasurer's Report Reads Dela Cruz. post image
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The Brass Plate Reads Zobel. The Treasurer's Report Reads Dela Cruz.

by Maria Garcia
An Ayala Surname Gets the Callback. A Lumad Surname Gets a Pronunciation Question. post image
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An Ayala Surname Gets the Callback. A Lumad Surname Gets a Pronunciation Question.

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by Maria Garcia
Bataan Fishponds Were Promised Nuclear Power in 1985. They Run on Diesel in 2026. post image
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Bataan Fishponds Were Promised Nuclear Power in 1985. They Run on Diesel in 2026.

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by Carlo Cruz
Waray and Hiligaynon TikTok Creators Out-View Tagalog Ones. Brand Agencies Pay Them Only If They Switch to English. post image
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Waray and Hiligaynon TikTok Creators Out-View Tagalog Ones. Brand Agencies Pay Them Only If They Switch to English.

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by Paolo Aquino