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Name Origin: Latin
Number of Syllables: 3.00
Gender: Male

More interesting facts about the name Oliver:

Lucky Number: 9
Ruling Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Primary Color: Gold
Traits: Very emotional. Can be extremely jealous. Active, though rules by the emotions. Tied very much to family background. Loyal. Apt to be suspicious of strangers. Impulsive. Tends to be afraid of the unknown. Often associated with surgery, physical and mental illnesses.

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[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I lived in Hong Kong for two years and there were tons of filipinas there. My brother had a nurse called Florina, and later another one called Lolita! One of Lolita's friend was called Cherry! My mom used to call her Cherrypie. :)

I wish I had learned some words with Florina. She was really cool. Lolita had a heart of gold but she had to leave us because of a tragedy. Her daughter, living back in the Philippines, had a fight with her husband and took some poison - she had only done it to scare him, but she ended up killing herself. It was Lolita's only daughter and it just destroyed her. :/

[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

oh wow... that is really .. really tragic. It's really saddening that so many filipina women have to go abroad to work and leave their kids behind. Then to hear that something terrible has happened to a family member, especially a child.. wow.

I have an aunt named Cirilia - my dad's oldest sister. I call her Auntie Cherry.

I only know a few Filipino words. Not enough to converse. I would teach you some, but I'd have no idea if you're pronouncing them right!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Don't you ever ask your parents to teach you some words? Do they speak to you in Filipino? (isn't the language called Taglagocli, or something like that?)

[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

Well, I can understand it somewhat... I took a few classes when I was little.. but my parents raised me to be a fluent English speaker. They didn't realize that you're supposed to learn a language starting when you're really little in order to master it. Oh well.. I know how to say a few phrases, and I actually know a lot more than a lot of my family members.

The official language is called "Filipino", though it is mainly derived from "Tagalog", which is the dialect spoken by people who live in the northern Philippines, where the capital is. My parents speak "Bisaya" which is a language spoken by many people who live in the central Philippines.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cool... it's amazing how a country can have so many different languages, or dialects, within it. Brazil is the same. Eventhough we all speak Portuguese, the accents and words can change depending on the region and the influence of particular immigrants in that area. The northeastern part of Brazil has a strong african influence whereas the south is more european.

It's too bad that I never managed to visit the Philippines while I lived in Asia. :)

[moonlightjoy.livejournal.com]

yep! that's exactly the way it is in the Philippines. Where my parents are from is where the Spanish had landed back during colonization, so there are many words in my parents' lexicon that are Spanish - and moreso than many other dialects of the Philippines.

you should really consider visiting there if you ever do go back to Asia. It's beautiful.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'll try!