Cruz, Jhoanna Lynn B., <br/><br/>
Abi nako, or, so i thought / 
 Abi nako  So I thought 
Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz. 
 - xii, 217 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216). 
<br/><br/> he phrase 'Abi nako' has fascinated me since moving to Davao where I've had to make sense of the world in Cebuano (or Binisaya), the city's lingua franca. In Filipino, it translates into 'akala ko': equivalent to the English expression 'or so I thought'. It suggests that one's expectations have been thwarted by reality. The Binisaya dictionary tells us that abi means 'to misconstrue, misread', while nako means 'mine'. In this language, my misconceptions are not only my own, I must also own them. Thus, I am not just misreading it; it is my own misreading 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789715429245 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020324371 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, Filipino--Biography.<br/>Philippine literature (English)<br/>Autobiographical fiction, Philippine.<br/>Women authors, Filipino.<br/>Philippine essays (English)/
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR9550.9.C695  / Z46 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>899.2103082 C88  / 2020