When you hear or read Luzviminda
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
Philippines
April 2, 2017 2:30am CST
When you hear or read Luzviminda, it is a shortcut for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, the three major group of islands of the Philippines, which is in Southeast Asia.
Luzon is at the top, Visayas in the middle, Mindanao underneath.
I don't know who coined Luzviminda. If you were named Luzviminda, your nickname would probably be Luz or Lucing. But if you move to another country to study, work or live, you might change it to Lucy.
Have you ever changed your nickname to make it easier for other people to call you?
Or have other people given you nicknames in their language?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i have a short name , Dina. Actually , my bapstismal name if Fe Dina , but just like Dina. From that name , people calls me different names. My parents and sisters ,calls me Den. My nieces calls me Tita Den or Mama Den. My Officemates calls me Tita D. Before at the bank they call me Dines (pronounced Dayns, Americanized. 
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@hereandthere You know, since in our town the people speaks what we call "bokales" the Din became Den. ha ha ha.
I like Dines too. he hehe And i also like Ms D. as employees call me. 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
There's a star on Quezon City in your map, Ms. Everywhere - is that where you live?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i thought the star was for manila, to indicate it's the capital of the philippines. i got the image from wikimedia commons. you can see the URL when you hover your mouse over the picture.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@sunrisefan how about your current or previous hometown. is it there?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@hereandthere Ah okay, Ms. Everywhere :) 
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@hereandthere It is only a nickname, my friend. I would be freak out if it is used in real name.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
is it only your nickname or is it also part of your name? i mean, some filipinos have two first names.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
We would have been called Luzvimindans lol that would be weird
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
instead of filipinos? great point! hahaha!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@cacay1 you don't like luzvimindans so it's unified?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i had a college classmate named Anne, and because it's only one syllable, she has to repeat it to be understood.
my nickname for you is lady anna.
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@LadyDuck (502194)
• Italy
2 Apr 17
@hereandthere 
Thank you, I like the nickname you gave me.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
I told them my nickname. AnD yes, LUZVIMINDA sometimes have Minda for a nickname.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
hi @acelawrites! long time, no see. how's your health now?
that's right. minda can also be a nickname. it's either the first or last syllables that nicknames are derived from.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
@cacay1 I am alright. My sugar level is now normal, so I won in that challenge with my doctor. It takes one to have a proper diet and exercise daily to achieve a healthy body.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
Have you ever changed your nickname to make it easier for other people to call you? Back when I was starting college, I started using my current nickname 'Allen'. Got tired of my other first name.
Or have other people given you nicknames in their language? My colleagues in the office call me 'Sacho' which is 'boss' in Japanese.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
3 Apr 17
@hereandthere yes, my students are Japanese but it was my local colleagues that gave me the nickname 'Sacho'.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i've had an officemate named allen, but female. most people don't know my real name because i always use my nickname, and they make variations of my nickname.
so sacho is boss in japanese. your students are japanese?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
@allen0187 as long as it's not bossy. hehe.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Apr 17
I have many nicknames which really aren't nicknames . . . they are different versions of my name because they can't seem to pronounce it correctly 
(I go by my Japanese name). I have had nicknames from co-workers in other languages - but not because of my name 
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(I go by my Japanese name). I have had nicknames from co-workers in other languages - but not because of my name .3 people like this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Apr 17
@hereandthere My name is pronounced exactly how it is spelled - technically it shouldn't be difficult but it's not one that's common to English speakers maybe - so my name has been butchered many times. I find that Filipinos and Hispanic folks pronounce my name perfectly though.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
@much2say for example, takanaka, we filipinos would pronounce all the syllables with an 'ah' sound. i do know that there are many filipino surnames that are hard to pronounce!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
really? i've always felt japanese would be easy to pronounce, that it's learning to write and read the script that would be hard since they're not in roman letters like english and filipino (our language).
i know what co-workers think about me!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Apr 17
My gram goes by her middle name, since she got tired of ppl mispronouncing her first name, her sister, my greataunt does too, but unsure the reason.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
@Jessicalynnt yup. let's say your name is leticia. you might be called letlet as a child, but as you grow older, you might want to be called letty, but some will shorten that to letz.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
most people know my nickname, but not my real name, and they make new nicknames out of my nickname.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Apr 17
@hereandthere that's funny, a nickname out of a nickname
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
yes, ever since i was in my elementary grades, i already knew that Luzviminda is for the 3 islands of the Philippine archipelago.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i'm sure most filipinos do. have you known anyone named luzviminda?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
@ridingbet oh my god! totally unforgettable!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 17
@hereandthere i had a student named Luzviminda... the surname? Paraiso. hahaha! our country/archipelago is a paradise.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Apr 17
i really like thelme, it reminds me of joey albert's song, tell me.
really? you've never heard of luzviminda? wow.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
@thelme55 what was your classmate's nickname - luz?
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
4 Apr 17
@hereandthere I had a classmate who's name was Luzviminda. Nothing else. Maybe I was absent in the class when the teacher taught about this name
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@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
5 Apr 17
I love the name Luzviminda .. there's only one person I have ever met with that name and she was a classmate in year two .. Her nickname was Minda ..
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
according to ingrid, she had a student named luzviminda paraiso. how patriotic, right?
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
2 Apr 17
Wow, I was at the top! I was also at the middle; but never been underneath or at the bottom all my life. Hmmm, I would love to be underneath one day. In clearer words I was born and lived in Luzon . . .I often visited my cousins in the Visayas . . but never in my life did I reach Mindanao. Whew, that's clearer coz not ambiguous.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
i know you're from north luzon, and now you're in north america. i haven't been to vismin. i guess you rode a boat to the visayas back then?
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
I grew up in the states and English was the only language I heard, a bit of Italian from neighbors in the city, but we moved to the country when I was very young. I have always been Marilyn, shortened to Mare.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
sometimes hearing your name pronounced by other people make it sound exotic.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
and many dialects, too, so we would have to talk in the national language to communicate.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 17
@hereandthere No wonder the governments have trouble from time to time.
