Luzvimindan Project

Introduction Recently the Facebook page called Bisayaball [1] has been showing signs of "anti-Tagalog" sentiments. One of its post [2] centered on the Tagalogs use of the word inday [3] . In this article we will try to clear things up, looking at its origins, and context. Imperial Manila's Mainstream Media's: Adding Oil to the Fire Photo: Bisayaball One of the reasons why Bisayaball hates Tagalog is because some Tagalog speaking groups specifically in Imperial Manila  use the Cebuano (Bisaya) word for  inday , the word for young girl  as a synonym for maid . While the mainstream media can be blamed for this due to Imperial Manila 's Tagalog Telenovelas often utilize this stereotype [4]   personally I think it is a case of lost in translation. Then again, I think ABS-CBN should correct itself for writing an article that contains derogatory implications in it's title " Inday is not always a maid " [5] since it's adding o...