Facts, Figures, Records, References, and Trivia about the Philippines

[Insanedriver]

Do you know that "simlish" or the language of the sims from The sims games is actually an experiment from two languages? ukranian and tagalog?

Btw... if you watch the film constantine somewhere in the first part, you'll notice that theres a Philippine flag (nung me nagpapakulo ng takure?) then in the part where the girl was being exorcist, the girl said "papatayin natin siya!"

lol nonesense

[diz]

Actually, that's really interesting in my part. I have to play the Sims 2 again and pay closer attention.

[ryanr]

Very good thread! Lots of interesting trivia. Kimber, where did you find all that?

[kiretoce]

I Googled "Philippine Trivia."

[ryanr]

^ Oh. I was giving you too much credit then.

[kyle@1008]

Originally Posted by Insanedriver

Do you know that "simlish" or the language of the sims from The sims games is actually an experiment from two languages? ukranian and tagalog?

Btw... if you watch the film constantine somewhere in the first part, you'll notice that theres a Philippine flag (nung me nagpapakulo ng takure?) then in the part where the girl was being exorcist, the girl said "papatayin natin siya!"

lol nonesense

I actually like the part in 30 rock where Alec Baldwin tells the girl: you should wear that to work...

and she, short and wearing this horrid, pink dress replies :
"Yeah, if I was President of the Philippines"

Oh btw, that line is repeated, several times a day on starworld, they're using it to promote 30 rock..... paging Gloria's stylist.... do your job...

[diz]

Did you know...?

San Miguel Pale Pilsen is featured in the anime feature Ghost in the Shell. The movie has scenes wherein Bateau (one of the leading characters) drinks a can of San Miguel Beer, which was recreated onscreen faithfully to its real life appearance.

In the movie Shaolin Soccer, Fung is drinking a can of San Miguel Beer when he meets Steel Leg for the first time.

[Insanedriver]

well what's the pink dress looks like>?

[richard24]

Originally Posted by Insanedriver

Do you know that "simlish" or the language of the sims from The sims games is actually an experiment from two languages? ukranian and tagalog?

Btw... if you watch the film constantine somewhere in the first part, you'll notice that theres a Philippine flag (nung me nagpapakulo ng takure?) then in the part where the girl was being exorcist, the girl said "papatayin natin siya!"

lol nonesense

astig!! never knew about the sim language...


found it on wiki

Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis' Sim series of games. It debuted in SimCopter, and has been especially prominent in The Sims and The Sims 2. Simlish can also be heard in SimCity 4, albeit far less frequently. It also featured to an extent in the Firaxis game Sid Meier's SimGolf. Designer Will Wright was conscious of the need for dialogue in the game, but thought that using a real language would make it sound too repetitive.

The Sims development team created the unique Simlish language by experimenting with fractured Ukrainian and Tagalog (one of the major languages of the Philippines). Inspired by the code talkers of WWII, Sims creator Will Wright also suggested experimenting with Navajo.

Although it is entirely improvised, Simlish does have a reasonably consistent sound. The vowels are more heavily emphasized than in English, which has more of a Latin sound to it. It is also almost entirely spoken with the front part of the tongue and mouth; the sound ee (as in meet) and the letter y are commonly used, and there are few, if any, guttural sounds.

nakakatuwa naman..

[dive-cebu]

others might argue, that's why we, the carolinians (members of the University of San Carlos family) only claim that USC is the oldest school (as in formal school) in Asia rather than use the term "university" because the school was only granted with its university status in the 1940s if im not mistaken...

Originally Posted by kevinb

In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.

Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.

Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tomas in Manila, established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.

Paskuhan Village in the province of Pampanga is Asia’s only Christmas theme park and the third of its kind in the world.

The antibiotic erythromycin — used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections, middle ear infections, and skin infections — was created by Filipino scientist Abelardo Aguilar, and has earned American drug giant Eli Lilly billions of dollars. Neither Aguilar nor the Philippine government received royalties.

Of the 500 known coral species in the world, 488 are found in the Philippines.

Of the eight species of marine turtles worldwide, five are reported to be found in the Philippines: the Green Turtle, Hawkbill, Leatherback, Olive Ridley, and Loggerhead.

Of the eight known species of giant clams in the world, seven are found in the Philippines.

The largest bell in Asia hangs at the belfry of the 221-year old Pan-ay Church, Capiz Province. It is 7 feet in diameter and 7 feet in height, and weighs 10.4 tons. Its tolling can be heard as far as 8 km. away. It was casted from 70 sacks of coins donated by the townspeople as a manifestation of faith and thanksgiving.

[Sinjin P.]

^ Yes, USC is the oldest school in Asia, UST is the oldest university in Asia

[diz]

Paskuhan Village lost its beauty.

[fundraiser]

trivia ba?

the fountain at the fuente park in cebu

[iliganon Boy]

Originally Posted by fundraiser

trivia ba?

the fountain at the fuente park in cebu

tama ka the fountain found in our current 50 pesos and at the fuente park is the same, as we go back to our phil. history, cebu is one of the oldest city in the country..

[iliganon Boy]

Did you know that?

ENGLISH WAS 1ST INTRODUCE IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1782 BY THE BRITISH INVADERS, NOT THE THE AMERICANS. AND THE PHILIPPINES IS THE 3RD LARGEST ENGISH NATION NEXT TO USA.

[iliganon Boy]

List of the largest mid-size cities to the smallest mid-size cities:

Zamboanga City - 142,100 -mindanao
Butuan City - 81,728 -mindanao
Iligan City - 81,337 - mindanao
General Santos City - 53,606 - mindanao
Cagayan de Oro City - 48,885.83 - mindanao
Tarlac City - 35,000 - luzon
Batangas City - 28,330 - luzon
Lipa City - 20,940 - luzon
Bacolod City - 16,145 - visayas
Iloilo City - 7,023 - visayas
San Fernando City, Pampanga - 6,774 - luzon
Angeles City - 6,216.16 - luzon
Baguio City - 4,900 - luzon

Note: Land Area (in hectares)

if you have noticed ang mga malalaki na mid-size cities ay nasa mindanao***
and in the future this mid-size cities will become metros or even mega cities

[kevinb]

Is that a trivia or a vision?

Originally Posted by diz

Did you know...?

San Miguel Pale Pilsen is featured in the anime feature Ghost in the Shell. The movie has scenes wherein Bateau (one of the leading characters) drinks a can of San Miguel Beer, which was recreated onscreen faithfully to its real life appearance.

In the movie Shaolin Soccer, Fung is drinking a can of San Miguel Beer when he meets Steel Leg for the first time.

And that San Miguel Corporation is the largest food and beverages conglomerate in SEA or the whole Asia, I'm not sure which of the two.

Originally Posted by Jhaelnis

^ Yes, USC is the oldest school in Asia, UST is the oldest university in Asia

Okay, I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by fundraiser

trivia ba?

the fountain at the fuente park in cebu

Oo nga no? Galing!

Originally Posted by iliganon Boy

Did you know that?

ENGLISH WAS 1ST INTRODUCE IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1782 BY THE BRITISH INVADERS, NOT THE THE AMERICANS. AND THE PHILIPPINES IS THE 3RD LARGEST ENGISH NATION NEXT TO USA.

...and the UK.

[Animo]

Originally Posted by kevinb

And that San Miguel Corporation is the largest food and beverages conglomerate in SEA or the whole Asia, I'm not sure which of the two.

The San Miguel Cerveza in Spain is also popular (San Miguel Fabricas de Cerveza y Malta S.A., part of the San Miguel-Mahou group).

I still doubt that fact about the 3rd largest English Nation. I think that was true in the 60's.

[kevinb]

Isn't San Miguel Cerveza the former name of SMC when it was founded a long, long time ago?

[kyle@1008]

no it's different....

San Miguel Corp, is asia's largest food and beverage conglomorate ....