Currently, the fictional character that has become quite popular in the texting community is Inday, a nanny. This nanny uses formal English language for conversing with her boss. In the Philippines this is found extremely funny because it is not common here to find a maid talking in formal English. Due to her English speaking ability, Inday is also called by the names of Sossy Inday or Inday Sosyal.

Before the introduction of Inday jokes to the SMS community, a few text jokes about nannies and maids were already in circulation on cell phones. But these jokes portrayed maids as mistresses or made them look ignorant. One of the examples of such jokes is given below:

Amo: Inday pakilatag naman
ng comforter sa kama.
Magsisyesta ako. (after 15
mins si inday
pinagpapawisan) Inday: Koya
nakalatag na po yung
komporter sa kama. Isinama
ko na rin ang MAWS at
PRENTER.

Given below is another joke, treating maid as mistress

Kring Kring

Amo: inday sgutin m ung
phone bka kabit ni sir m
yan!!

Inday: c mam tlaga

PNAPASELOS AKO!!

This in not all, there are many more such jokes. But recently, a series of jokes, mentioning a maid as someone with a distinctive personality have been lapped up by the text messaging community. These are based on Inday, an English speaking maid, also known as Sossy Inday or Inday Sosyal. Unlike Ederlyn, even the very first text message on Inday is quite amusing and worth forwarding.

Ma’am/sir,

I hereby tender my
irrevocable resignation as
your emplOyee, effective
tOday. It has been a
pleasant stay in ur company,
but owing to personal
reasons i am compelled to
move on.i would like to
thank you and your gOod
management for the
wonderful experience
accorded to me during my
stay in your cmpany..’

Yours truly,
inday

-Lufeeeet ni inday ah, in
fairness.. Hahaha!

The funniest thing about Inday Sosyal is not only her skills of speaking formal English, but also the way in which she answers. She answers in technical and a bit complicated way, which makes her boss look stupid.

Amo: Inday, bkit ngkalat ang
bsura s likod ng bahay?!

Inday: A change in the
weather patterns might
have occured wreaking
havoc to the surroundings.
The way the debris are
scattered indicates that the
gust of wind was going
northeast causing damage
to the path it was heading
for.

Amo: (nosebleed)

People who know and have observed the growth of Ederlyn as a character say that the fame of Sossy Inday, would follow somewhat the same path that was followed by Ederlyn. In fact, Inday also comes across accidents and experience romance, like Ederlyn.

there are tulips in the
street,there are tulips in
the park,but nothing
compares to our two lips
meeting in the dark..

-pamatay lines ni dodong
kay inday.

Please pray for the quick
recovery of Inday. She’s
currently in the ICU because
of excessive nose bleeding,
which she had while
accompanying Junior in his
school’s Linggo Ng Wika
Celebration. Please pass this
to all whose lives, like mine,
have been touched by Inday.

And there is a lot more. But, out of them, the most funny and exciting part is the one, where Ederlyn gets back…

Ederlyn: ikw b ang inday n
cnsb nla? at cnu k pr i2lad s
akn ang iyong ksikatn
ngyong akoy nnnhmk n? wl
kng krptan pr pntayan aq!
Hayop k!

Inday: my apologies, bt d
fact is, ur glory days r ovr
my frnd. I fnd it sumwat
ridiculous, ur persistence on
persuading pipol 2 come 2
ur prty dt nvr existd is
bgnning 2 get in2 my
nerves! Damn u ederlyn!
damn u!no1 undrmines
inday’s intelect.. bitch… *evil
laf*

-nag-away na cna ederlyn
at inday. =D

…and steals Dudong, Inday’s boyfriend.

We wud lyk 2 invite u as we
take r vows & affirm r
special promise 2 cherish
each othr w mutual lov,
respect & fidelity b4 God &
man as husband & wife on
saturday,6pm at Sanctuario
de San Antonio, McKinley Rd,
Forbes Park mkti.

Reception will follow at the
manila penninsula grand
ballrm.
R.S.V.P.
Attire: FORMAL

“DUDONG & EDERLYN NUPTIAL”

INDAY: PAKSYET ka dudong!!!
How cud u!!!! Arggg….!!!

So it was not a surprise that Inday will get the same fame as Ederlyn. But the fact that her popularity will supersede that of Ederlyn is quite unexpected.

If we were to compare Inday and Ederlyn, there are 80 text messages about Inday circulating around and new ones are emerging every now and then, but Ederlyn only has 32 text messages till now. While Ederlyn enjoyed a single account in friendster, there are two accounts in the name of Inday, one in Blogspot, the other on WordPress.

To top it, Inday jokes were re-enacted by Maureen Larazabal last October 5 in one of the most popular gag shows on channel 7, the Bubble Gang. Just yesterday October 10, Inday was mentioned in Inquirer! (image courtesy of Tonyo)

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