A NEWS item that came out in this paper last Sunday had me googling the words “videoke” and “killings.” Just when I thought videoke violence is nothing but media exaggeration caused by a dearth of newsworthy events on weekends, this story about a stabbing inside a videoke bar in my hometown of Pinamungajan convinced me the Aquino administration should now create a task force to investigate videoke killings in the country.

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niadtong miyerkoles, si lamberto ceballos (sun.star superbalita language consultant), januar yap (sun.star cebu editor/columnist) ug ako ninglingkod isip judges sa first superbalita on-the-spot essay writing competition. atol kini sa ika-14 nga kasumaran sa pagkatukod sa maong mantalaan.

giinterbyu ko sa taga superbalita human sa judging, ug mao ni akong giingon: “Ang nakanindot sa competition, mga estudyante ang nangapil. Ug bisan sa kalinghod sa ilang panuigon, hait na ang ilang pagsabot sa mga butang nga may kalabutan sa Bisayang pinulongan. Nagpasabot kini nga kung hatagan lang og igong oportunidad, dako kaayo ang mahimo sa mga batan-on sa pagpalambo sa pinulongang Bisaya.”

( You need to be familiar with the nuances of the Cebuano language to appreciate what I’m talking about here. In any case, I have a friend, a priest, who once insisted that the Cebuano term for “to urinate” should be “manghingutin.”  To use it in a sentence: Excuse kadiyot bay ha, manghingutin sa ko.)

LAST WEEK, a strange word made it to the front pages of local newspapers and would have stayed there for weeks if not for the arrival of other equally exciting words like Sulpa and Japanese pornography. “Sulpa” sounds a lot sexier, and “pornography” is more sinfully attractive.

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