![]() ![]() He moved to Manila in 1996, and after a year, he got a job that required him to travel all over the Philippines. In 1995, he started his research for his first dictionary, the Edgie Polistico’s Cebuano-English Dictionary. ![]() ![]() He started creating a database of words at the age of 14 and continued against all odds doing research and compiling words even in the years when he proceeded to study law in Tacloban City and later in Cebu City. This dictionary will feed both as well as a national hunger for celebration of Philippine cultural heritage.”Įdgie Polistico’s desire to improve his vocabulary while in high school in 1984 was the beginning of his interest in lexicography. He records variations of a cooked food not only by region but also sometimes from town to nearby town…Indeed food feeds body and soul. “Edgie’s list of food from all over the archipelago offers a lot to signify as cultural heritage. From the foreword of Felice Prudente Sta. ![]()
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