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Insane Reefer
08/12/2007, 09:08 AM
I named my Tail Spot Blenny, Bogo - I thought it sounded cool, and is a real name, and my girlfriend who is in retail sales, said, "You named your fish "Buy One Get One Free" HAHAHA!" :lol:
She is in retail sales, and she found this to be hilarious. She is an odd bird - if she had been born a guy, she would have been beat-up a lot, and spent a lot of time stuffed in her locker as a kid - a brainy type who knows it, and knows it all (she really does - I forget what it is called, not photographic, but the other - never forget what you see and hear?) - but still, a nice person.

I got to throw it back in her face though - I had done my research when I bought the fish. I knew Bogo came from Cebu, in the Philippines, and a new town was chartered there last year and it is named Bogo. So I looked at her like she had grown another head, and in a very uppity tone, explained the error of her ways. She didn't have a witty rejoinder for that, lol. But she did ask me what it meant in Filipino, and to that, I had to admit ignorance.

So anyone know what "Bogo" in Filipino might mean?

BigSkyBart
08/12/2007, 09:17 AM
I speak a few unsavory words in more than a few languages, so I'm no help here.

Perhaps google translate?

http://translate.google.com/translate_t

Insane Reefer
08/12/2007, 09:29 AM
I haven't found a translator for Filipino - none of the major one's list it :sad2:

dkh0331
08/12/2007, 10:19 AM
The name of the language the is most spoken in the Philippines is called Tagalog. Try using that in your search.

BigSkyBart
08/12/2007, 10:53 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10535775#post10535775 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dkh0331
The name of the language the is most spoken in the Philippines is called Tagalog. Try using that in your search.

they speak "cookie" there?
where's my passport, I'm outta here!
http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/uploads/2006/02/tagalongs.jpg

Insane Reefer
08/12/2007, 11:17 AM
LOL!
Well, I've tried every translator I can find, but can't find "Bogo".
Why would a people make up a name for their town?

xtm
08/12/2007, 12:59 PM
"Filipino" is the people. "Tagalog" is the language

"bogo" means dumb in Bisaya. Bisaya is a language spoken in Cebu.

If you add the prefix 'ka' as in "Ka-bogo" it then means 'so stupid' in Bisaya. "ka-bogo nimo" means you're so stupid. "bobo" means dumb in Tagalog. :D

Bogo is also a town (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogo_City) about 30kms south of Tabogon and about 40 miles north of the main City. You might think they named it after the stupid word but they are pronounced differently. The town is pronounced "Bogo" similar to English "To go" while the stupid "bogo" is pronounced "boo-goh".

Here's some handy dictionary for you (http://www.everlastinglove.com/cebuano.htm)

I wish I live in Cebu. They have really REALLY nice and pristine coral reefs. My wife is from there :p

Insane Reefer
08/12/2007, 03:36 PM
Cool - I named my fish "Dumb"!
Awesome, lol.

Yeah - the town of Bogo has been there a while, but in 2006 I think it was, it was ratified as a city.

Anyway, I pronounce it boh-goh - to rhyme with "pogo".

Thanks for the info guys :) And most especially XTM :)