1. The abbreviations A.M. and P.M. means “Ante Meridiem” and “Post Meridiem” respectively.
- ante – Latin: before
- post – Latin: after
- meridiem – Latin: noon
2. The national language of the Philippines is not “Tagalog”; it is “Filipino”.
3. The trigonometric functions “secant” (sec) and “cosecant” (csc) are actually pronounced as “SI-kant” and “ko-SI-kant” rspectively. (Many teachers and students mispronounce them as “SE-kant” and “ko-SE-kant“.)
4. Confucius is the one who made the Golden Rule.
Do not do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you.
5. Emilio Aguinaldo did not want to execute Andres Bonifacio. He left a note saying:
Spare him not kill him.
The executioners read it as “Spare him not; kill him”. But what Aguinaldo is trying to say is “Spare him; not kill him”.
- I’ve learned that the location of the semicolon makes a big difference.
6. These are some words and their correct pronounciations:
| WORD | WRONG | CORRECT |
| Comfort | “KOM-fort” | “KON-fort” |
| Ma’am | “mam” | “mem” |
| Speaking | “is-PI-king” | “is-PE-king” |
7. HIV is a virus; AIDS is an ilness.
8. The largest muscle of the human body is the gluteus maximus.
9. College is more exciting than high school.
10. “Pwedeng mangopya; huwag lang papahuli.” – Prof. Perez (my professor in College Algebra).
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