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   Jonathan Emmesedi (jemmesedi@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 11:44:43 JST Jonathan Emmesedi

   IVE -- Wonyoung

   Fantastic Fringe!/Brilliant Bangs!

   If you are not from or resident in the UK or USA, do you say "fringe" or "bangs"?

   #Kpop #Wonyoung #Hair #VarietiesOfEnglish #GlobalEnglish

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 11:44:42 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     @jemmesedi Here in the #Philippines, we say “bangs”. “Fringe” means at the edge in Philippine English.

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     Jonathan Emmesedi (jemmesedi@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 11:50:14 JST Jonathan Emmesedi

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     • Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

     @youronlyone
     That makes sense, as one would expect English in the Philippines to be closer to US English than British English.

     Anyway, whatever term we use, her hair looks wonderful!

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 11:55:03 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     @jemmesedi Yep. Although Philippine English incorporated Australian and British English as well, overtime (especially now), it is closer to American English.

     I still remember when floors were following British English where the “ground floor” is different from the “first floor”.

     Although for the past 10 to 20 years, we found a way to merge the British and American ways: we split the “ground floor" into “upper ground” and “lower ground”. I guess it's unique in Philippine English. LOL.

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     But yeah! Perfect hair (and great girl group).

     // Sometimes I wish I can have such a beautiful hair.

     #English #language #Philippines

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     Jonathan Emmesedi (jemmesedi@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 12:05:58 JST Jonathan Emmesedi

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     • Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

     @youronlyone

     >>we split the “ground floor" into “upper ground” and “lower ground”. I guess it's unique in Philippine English. LOL.<<

     I love it when English is enriched like this!

     >>// Sometimes I wish I can have such a beautiful hair.<<
     Perhaps we should both have a talk with our stylists...