Linya de Leche (Batch 2)

When she was young, my sister loved “SMASHED potatoes” with gravy.

When I was a toddler, I already knew about possessive pronouns. Asking for someone to pass the thermo(s), I said, “Iabot mo nga yung THERKO.”

Just this month, my younger brother, pointing to our giniling viand, asked Papa: “Anong tawag dito Pa, CARDENETA?” He was undoubtedly referring to the viand CALDERETA.

Mama was helping my younger brother study his PE subject. They were reading some words aloud.
Ma: Cram…
Moi-Moi (incredulous): Anong “cram”?
Ma: Eh di crams…
Mama sometimes mispronounces words. Here, she was referring to “muscle cramps.”

My younger brother singing a line of Sean Kingston’s song Beautiful Girls:
“You had me SUASADO, SUASADO…”