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An American called "Tonying"

- The Ear -
September 1, 2011 | 12:00am

PINOY BY CHOICE. Anthony W., 53, is an American old timer in Cebu. Married to a Cebuana, he calls himself Cebuano by choice. Ha has adopted many things Cebuano. His favorite painit fare is puto and sikwati. When someone calls him Anthony he would not immediately look back. He instinctively responds to his nickname “Tonying.” It was his neighbors who gave him that nickname.

GODFATHER. Anthony or “Tonying” speaks Binisaya very well. Better than Nanding, his neighbor from Pampanga. “Daghan na siyang mga kinugos nga bata dinhi sa among barangay,” a neighbor of Tonying told an Ear informer. “Ang mga bata motawag niya og Tito.”

ANTHONY W

BINISAYA

CEBU

CEBUANA

CEBUANO

DAGHAN

NANDING

PAMPANGA

TITO

TONYING
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