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Posted by Kevin Boyle Obviously neither yourself nor Michael were born during a typhoon then, :-) Thanks for the info. Best Kevin --Previous Message--
on July 2, 2005, 9:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Names"
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Dear Dominic (and Michael),
: Filipinos are much used to the local Filipino
: names of typhoons. If you say Ruping, Rosing
: or Undang...even the elder filipinos know
: them.but ask them bout Mike, Angela or Agnes
: and they will be confused. In the first
: place the purpose of giving typhoons local
: Filipino names was to give an easier way of
: making Filipinos understand typhoons...F Y
: I: babies born at the height of a typhoon
: were given the typhoon's name for their
: names or nicknames...
:
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