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Finally, A Government Document Written In Chabacano!

This one is definitely for keeps! This is a photo of a government document written in Chabacano from the Oficina del Tesorero del Cuidad  or the City Treasury Office. There is no way for me to be sure what the document is all about because the photo is not complete but I think that it is a reminder for people who own real estate to pay taxes. Just How Bien Chabacano Is It? If the measure for how well one speaks or write in Chabacano is the degree of usage of Spanish words, then this document definitely contains very well written Chabacano. I think that this document will be easily understood by most Spanish speakers. What I Like About It I always thought that one of the reasons that Chabacano is poorly used and even looked down upon by the young people today is most of them feel like Chabacano is not a sufficiently developed language and can only be used for simple everyday spoken conversations. Of course, with the advent of social media, we now see smatterings of w...