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Spunjer · 29th December 2011, 12:49 PM

RLY= internet slang for really?, which in turn was popularized by seth myers and amy poehler on saturday night live.. sorry, can't help, lol...
ok, the RLY, i would assume would be the initials of the owner. as for the phrase on the other side, you have prolly encountered this in your trips to the islands, michael.. in the tagalog region, every now and then, you'd hear a local say, "aysus maryosep!" you may or may not see that person make a sign of the cross, but that term is used when the person is surprised. aysus maryosep is a corruption of "hesus maria jose", or Jesus, Mary and Joseph.. it's a like an old oraciones muttered by older people to ward off evil spirits, and later became a common expression. "quien como dios" whould be "who like god", so again, i'm assuming that's the whole term that was used back then, and was later abbreviated to the shorter aysus maryosep. with that clue, and since this term is only used in tagalog region, i would say you have a tagalog sword. nice one!

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btw, i just now realized the pommel's motif, which is that of a horse. it could be associated with batangas. just a guess...

29th December 2011, 12:49 PM	#2
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	RLY= internet slang for really?, which in turn was popularized by seth myers and amy poehler on saturday night live.. sorry, can't help, lol... ok, the RLY, i would assume would be the initials of the owner. as for the phrase on the other side, you have prolly encountered this in your trips to the islands, michael.. in the tagalog region, every now and then, you'd hear a local say, "aysus maryosep!" you may or may not see that person make a sign of the cross, but that term is used when the person is surprised. aysus maryosep is a corruption of "hesus maria jose", or Jesus, Mary and Joseph.. it's a like an old oraciones muttered by older people to ward off evil spirits, and later became a common expression. "quien como dios" whould be "who like god", so again, i'm assuming that's the whole term that was used back then, and was later abbreviated to the shorter aysus maryosep. with that clue, and since this term is only used in tagalog region, i would say you have a tagalog sword. nice one! (added) btw, i just now realized the pommel's motif, which is that of a horse. it could be associated with batangas. just a guess... Last edited by Spunjer; 29th December 2011 at 01:13 PM.