2005-10-23 05:52:04
"Tom Jones"
2005-10-25 23:28:59
Ha ha! Great shot of the sign. Question though - isn't it because the 2nd syllable of gutom is tom hence Tom Jones and not that it is said backwards?
2005-10-26 03:21:04
The real "kanto" expression is "tom-gu" which the badings converted to "tom-jones". The owner of this eatery probably just wanted to make sure people "get it" so he/she put the whole thing (i.e. gutom and jones) in the sign. :-)
the modern slang for "hungry" is Tom Jones, which
is derived from "gutom" (meaning hunger or hungry,
depending on the accent) said backwards. And that
was exactly how I was feeling at that moment.
P.S. in the background, dark smoke of big fire at the
"Agham" area all the way in Diliman.