Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Pro-fixer poster?


This poster is required by the Civil Service Commission to be displayed conspicuously in government offices.

There are two problems with it:
1. It carries Manila phone numbers.
2. Most importantly, it means something else in Cebu and in other Cebuano speaking regions.

Labanan in Tagalog means fight. In Cebuano, hoever, it means take the side of. Imagine this poster at the LTO or BOC or any government agency. :-)

A colleague at the office says just change the anti-fixer to pro-fixer and the poster will mean what it says.