Duterte puts his foot in his mouth

Mind your language: Duterte has been urged to tone down.

IT is the linguistic quirk of a self-styled tough guy with a bleeding heart for the poor.

President Rodrigo Duterte uses “putangina”, a Tagalog slang for “w**** mother”, as if it is an exclamation point, a conjunction when he abruptly shifts to a new topic, or as an ellipsis when he forgets what he is saying.