Oh damn. I always heard elderly Chamorro men call each other "partner," so I thought it was a shortened version of that
https://twitter.com/Lani4Pasifika/status/1255653248704249856 …
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Actually @inspire_ndr you’re right about the Filipino version too, Filipinos use parè as buddy so the filipinos that use it in Guam shortened it to par as well. @LaniKnowsBetter
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And then the Filipinos and Chamorros intermingled it and now it has evolved to mean "friend" more even though it is used differently in separate spaces on Guam. Makes sense. But it still amazes me that Chamorros here aren't aware of the origins. It might be a little of both.
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