The phone rang in my uncle's living room one day, and we heard the househelp answer politely, 'Good morning po.' The person on the other end wanted my uncle on the line, 'maari po ba makausap si Mr. Ocampo.' 'Sino pong Mr. Ocampo ang gusto n'yo makausap,' the help inquired as a reply, 'ang babae o ang lalaki?' In a similar way, one had to be clear when one asked to speak to former education secretary and University of the Philippines (UP) president Onofre D. 'O.D.' Corpuz on the phone because there were two 'Dr.

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