TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cruz,Jhoanna Lynn B.
ED  - University of the Philippines Press,
TI  - Abi nako, or, so i thought
SN  - 9789715429245
AV  - PR9550.9.C695 Z46 2020
U1  - 899.2103082 C88 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Diliman, Quezon City
PB  - University of the Philippines Press
KW  - Authors, Filipino
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philippine literature (English)
KW  - Autobiographical fiction, Philippine
KW  - Women authors, Filipino
KW  - Philippine essays (English)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216); All colleges; All programs
N2  - 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
ER  -