WITW Short 20 – Hurry! This One’s Gr-r-reat!

Hello! This week we talk about all things TikTok. ADue to technical difficulties, Portia was late on posting last week. But we are back, baby! With a true short. A true…Hurry, if you will. Eh? Eh? This week Carolyn covers Korean text slang with 8282 and Portia talks all things cereal mascots. Leave us a review, pour your heart out, pour some milk out, we love y’all lots. If you have children, Portia cusses, so cover their ears. 

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Portia’s Sources:

Carolyn’s Sources: 

• http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/wilderness-babel/bundok-filipino#:~:text=The%20Tagalog%20word%20bundok%20translates,forces%20of%20war%20and%20empire.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War
• https://www.historynet.com/fighting-words-vietnam-vernacular.htm

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/07/230069931/how-far-is-it-to-the-boondocks-try-the-phillippines?t=1612795894260