Are you calling me?
By Reine25
@Lucky15 (37346)
Philippines
May 4, 2016 10:22pm CST
Do you do this?
Psst.
Do you know its meaning?
Psst.
This is used to attract someone's attention surreptitiously.
Some Filipinos used "psst" to call someone else attention.
How do Filipinos say "Psst"?
Some can have that whispering "psst", if they have this "secretive topic".
That loud "psst" can be for something important that we have really look fast.
With the famous.youtuber mikey.bustos, he pssted someone on the train. Why?
To found out among the passengers is a Filipino.
Yes, Filipinos are.known to be psst-ing like common call. Lol.
Psst.
By the way, there is also, "oist".
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20 responses
@Iam_jauntyjen (4951)
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5 May 16
I dont use "psst" to call other people's attention.It is just not my habit. But I use "oist" whem I am joking around with my close friend.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 May 16
or even ate (sister), kuya (brother)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
5 May 16
when "psst" don't work, do ya toss somethin' 't the person intended? 'r do a bit'f that throat clearin' followed by "ahem"?
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@JamesHxstatic (29327)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 May 16
"Oist" I do not understand, same meaning? Is "psst" used to flirt with girls on the street perhaps?
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@DeborahDiane (40069)
• Laguna Woods, California
5 May 16
Ha Ha! Yes, I say psst once in a while, too!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 May 16
i hate it when a tricycle driver calls me PSST to ride on his vehicle. i would snub him and go to the next.
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its a thing i do to people ive been with for years.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
5 May 16
Japanese can say "Ano ne" or just "ne" to get someone's attention but it's very informal. Some girls flap their hand at their friend and say "ne, ne" to get their attention.If we want to get the attention of someone we don't know we usually say "sumimasen."
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
5 May 16
@petatonicsca that is just the only thing i know. Haha
.aside.from, ohayo, tadaima,okairi and konnichiwa.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
5 May 16
@Lucky15
Hai, genki desu. (but ready for the weekend...)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
5 May 16
Calling someone that way is being impolite. When you call someone, you must call him/her by name because he/she was a name. Even dogs have names, don't they? And if you do not know the name, you should address him/her as "Sir" or " Ma'am". (Not Ser Chief LOL!)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
5 May 16
@Lucky15 No, I just happen to view the drama while doing something on the computer at the same time. But it fairness, that TV drama had many good values and lessons for viewers.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 16
not heard of oist . means the same?
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
5 May 16
We used to do that but have not heard in a long time. Now it is just a hey dirt bag with much stronger language..
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
5 May 16
That is mostly used by men to get girls turn to their side lol
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
5 May 16
Really? Well, maybe I'm not a Filipino for I never call a person by just saying psst 
. I called them by their names. Hahaha.
. I called them by their names. Hahaha.1 person likes this
