The maternal side of my family is Filipino, and most of them speak the northern dialect, Tagalog. Tagalog unfortunately has no "f" or "sh" phoneme, which leads to somewhat hilarious situations at times:
Aunt: Penis?
My friend: What!?
Me: She's asking if you're finished with your meal.
Aunt: (comes in and starts spraying air freshener about my bedroom)
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