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(The unique tongue-talk of Viracnons and how to
correctly write it.)

We VIRACNONS are so proud of our unique virac
tongue different from the other bicol dialects.
We are proud to everyday utter and talk to
the public that we are Viracnons of our own.

But when we start putting things into black and
white, meaning in writing, there is somewhere
inside our "own-dialect-watch-system" secretly telling us,,... "opps, im wiriting again my viracnon tongue
using NON-VIRACNON way of spelling the words...???
meaning "sinubri-an na pagsurat".

When you write the Viracnon's word taluk
(to plant rice) do we pronounce it really that way??

What about when we count, like (in writting) saru',
turu, Sampuru, etc. Do we speak that way?

Of course we don't, Do we? !!!
But we write things that way.
Thats has been a long-kept petty mistake of our
local way of writting and now's the time
to write it in a correct manner.

The Alphabet is a symbolic system, public
knowledge, and a written guidance
of proper reading and pronunciation of words.

Sabi ngani' kasu sakung maistra sa Pilot kaidtu:
"reading is to see the word, the word goes to the
brain, and the brain tells the tongue how it must
be uttered and properly pronounced."

Like whenever we see "ch" , we know that it is for
the words channel, chopping, charm, etc.
The Q is for quality, queue, etc.
We're knowledgeable of these things.

Now what about "hLh" ???

This is great symbolic part of our reading
and pronunciation guide too, to add to our
common stock grammar and literature
particularly for Virac-tongue talk.

To illustrate it clearly:

ENGLISH / OUR WAY / NOT OURS

to talk / pagtahlham / pagtaram,?

to plant rice / pagtahlhuk / pagtaluk, ?

Lost in direction / Nahlha-ug / Nalaug,?

Cooked rice / Mahlhutu' / Maruto,?

Sneak out away / Hlhapsut / Rapsut, ?

Cover the body with / Kuhlhumun / Kurumun,?

Fine way of doing / Sahlhama / Sarama, ?

Weak / Mahlhuya / Maluya,?

Rope / Hlhubid / Lubid, ?

and many more that we know.

We can now freely write in our own way our
local town tounge without the worry of
wrong pronunciation when we read our
own self local compositions.!!!

If the Alphabet has the "Ch" for chopper, chat, etc.
it could make way (just for Viracnons) for the "HLh"
for hlhab-as, hlhumbud, hlhangkuy, etc. too!

ITS A GOOD GREAT FEELING, I BELIEVE, BEING
SO UNLEASHED FROM THE BORROWED SPELLING-WAY
AND TO WRITE THINGS IN OUR VERY OWN THE
PROPER WAY.

Magayun baga na naitahlham mu ang tunay
mung hlha-ug kang isip buda dila' mo.

OUR OWN ORIGINAL VIRAC TONGUE!

Just like how we must write the following local
everyday phrases:

- Bahugun su kuhlhasmag.
- Kahlha-in kang panahun'.
- Musuhlhut ang panduk.
- Suhlhahan ang sumsuman.

Speak easy Write it Easy now.

So the next time you write something in
our local Virac tongue, will you write it
again in the "others" way?
or in our unique little humble hLh way?

Other parts of the world has their own way
of writting too (Polish, Slovaks, Russia, etc.)
Why can't we Viracnuns?

Its so good to be unique and proud
among the rest of the world of our
own little ways. So why not use our very
own Viracnon-writing?

The hLh Virac-only-tongue sound.

I believe this is a tiny contribution to our
Virac's own literature and grammar good
for daily communication and interaction among
common Viracnons anywhere we meet.

So,

Once and for all again:

"Sahlhung baguhlh-baguhlh na uhlhahlhut na
nagsuhlhuk-suhlhuk sa kamahlhuhlhugihan bagu
nahlha-ug sa hlhab-ugan sa tahaw ning kapahlhuyan."

I believe you still remember that classic
local tongue twister of ours, do you?

Pwede nang isurat na maayos!
That's the way it should be written!!
Its a unique only-in-Virac original tongue
way of pronunciation.!!

SahLhu', tuhLhu, wahLhu, ...SampuhLhu'.
That's the way we must correctly write it!

Like the word, "Hlhamaw" (to get up late in the morning.)

Not L, (as in Lamaw)
not LL (as in LLamaw)
not R (as in Ramaw)
not Y (as in Yamaw)

hLh gives us the FREEDOM to
write our very Only-one-in-this-
world unique tongue-talk!

The "hLh"
(Viracnons-only tounge writing.)

P.S.:

Here are other Spelling/Writing infos
for our Virac tongue too:
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Use the apostrophe sign ' on the accented syllable
each time that you spell, so that the word doesn't
lose its real local meaning, like the following.
(Please notice the presence of the sign ' )

Mama' - chewing of local organic herbs.
Mama - Mother

Huba' - naked
Huba - Perhaps

Baga' - Lungs
Baga - live burning wood

Suka' - Vinegar
Suka - To vomit

HLha'hLa' - Skin's dirt
HLhahLa - venom

and more that you/we know of everyday use
among us Viracnons.

THIS IS FOR OUR OWN BENEFIT VIRACNONS ONLY.
OUR VERY OWN WAY OF WRITING OUR VIRAC-
ORIGINAL-TONGUE-SLANG.

ORIGINALITY COUNTS A LOT.

THIS IS MY HUMBLE LITERARY
CONTRIBUTION TO MY HOMETOWN VIRAC.

Share this to fellow Viracnons.

Mabalos..

Oning.G.M.jr.
December 2009