tomrichmond.com
Not everyone gets the chance to ride an edru. In many places, only those who can afford it have the luxury of traveling by air. What is an edru, you ask? It's the Waray word for airplane.
sangrea.net
And here's a little contrast I've always found amusing: Edru means airplane, and yatot means rat in Waray. While one soars through the sky, the other scurries on the ground. "Pobre pa sa yatot" (I'm even poorer than a rat.), we often hear this as a joke. The rich may have the means to fly, while those of us with simpler means crawl along -- well, figuratively speaking. A light, silly thought, but language quirks like these always make me smile.
