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To: Dayuhan who wrote (7552)11/18/1998 7:53:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9980
 
I know of two Tagalog words that now appear in American dictionaries, albeit in somewhat bastardized form:

Adobo and lumpia.

Send me my beer.

Ramsey



To: Dayuhan who wrote (7552)11/18/1998 8:53:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce  Respond to of 9980
 
online English dictionary reference of "amok"

As long as we are beating this subject to death...

m-w.com

Noun entry
Main Entry: 1amok
Pronunciation: &-'m&k, -'mäk
Function: noun
Etymology: Malay amok
Date: 1665
: a murderous frenzy that occurs chiefly among Malays

Adverb entry
Main Entry: 2amok
Function: adverb
Date: 1672
1 : in a murderously frenzied state
2 a : in a violently raging manner <a virus that had run amok> b : in an undisciplined, uncontrolled, or
faulty manner <films ... about computers run amok -- People>

adjective entry
Main Entry: 3amok
Function: adjective
Date: 1944
: possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy



To: Dayuhan who wrote (7552)11/18/1998 9:06:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9980
 
Boondocks is one of them, too lazy to try to think of another.
I'll just bum a brew off Ramsey to go with his snacks.


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