"dima" is also a very good starting-point for various tagalog puns, all involving negative statements:
'di makita= can't be seen 'di malaman= can't be known 'di makilala= can't be recognized
atbp. (that's at iba pa, the Tagalog for "etc"). All, naturally, possible, since 'di is a contraction of the negative particle hindi, and is ridiculously common. Famously, Jose Rizal used the rather swashbuckling "Dimasalang" (cannot be parried) as a nom-de-plume.
Dima is a lurker on Chris's blog who usually posts responses whenever there's a thread on the Cubs or Mayor Daley.
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'di makita= can't be seen
'di malaman= can't be known
'di makilala= can't be recognized
atbp. (that's at iba pa, the Tagalog for "etc"). All, naturally, possible, since 'di is a contraction of the negative particle hindi, and is ridiculously common. Famously, Jose Rizal used the rather swashbuckling "Dimasalang" (cannot be parried) as a nom-de-plume.
Dima is a lurker on Chris's blog who usually posts responses whenever there's a thread on the Cubs or Mayor Daley.
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