If You're From The Philippines?

Question

Why are you a Filipino and not a Philipino?

Answer 1

I am A Filipino.
Because I think because of Ph is more like F!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It can be also Pilipino.

Answer 2

Philippino, Philipino and other such misspellings are unacceptable and are jarring to Filipino eyes. Remember: Filipino is the noun that refers to the Philippine national language and to the Philippine people (Filipinos); it is also an adjective to describe people, things and such from the Philippines (the other adjective being Philippine). The country itself is called the Philippines (currently the Republic of the Philippines; formerly, and actually still, the Philippine Islands) in English, Las Islas Filipinas or simply La/Las Filipinas in Spanish, and Pilipinas in Filipino (Tagalog).

Cultural Note: Although the word "Filipino" is acceptable in Filipino (the Philippine language), most Filipinos will still say Pilipino when referring to a Filipino person while speaking in Filipino/Tagalog.

For example: "Ako ay Pilipino." ("I am Filipino.")

Why? Primarily because a "p" sound is easier for a Filipino to pronounce than an "f" sound. In fact, even though the letters c, f, j, x, z, etc. have formally been included in the Philippine/Filipino alphabet, there is still an overwhelming tendency to transliterate foreign words into native pronunciation forms.

Answer 3

The "Ph" in your Philipino is not in the Spanish Alphabet so "Philipino" is not acceptable as a word in Spanish. It should be Philippine (English).

The Spanish term referring to the Philippines as a nation is "Filipinas" so the people living in the "Filipinas" will be called "Filipinos".

Answer 4

Strictly, Filipino language has no "F". Use of "F" usually are on borrowed (Spanish) proper names - person or place. There is a movement that wishes to include "F" in the Pilipino alphabet, though. The problem is, they may introduce "F" alright, but the general public is not pronouncing that letter accordingly at all - they simply use "P" instead. If it works for centuries without that "F" then why change now? What goodness will it bring?

How about the "C", "J", "Q", "V", "X", "Z"? Don't start opening that can of worms ....

Answer 5

Usage and spelling have more to do with convention than with strict logic--i.e. logically we should be called Philippinos and not Filipinos, but convention-wise, we're called Filipinos. It's even in the standard reference of the English language--the dictionary, which again merely reports conventions in meaning and spelling and does not prescribe rules.

My guess is that the convention arose because English-speakers found the Spanish word "Filipino" to be more convenient, but stuck to "the Philippines" because it follows the English convention for naming an archipelago (similar to "the Maldives" or "the Carolines" (on the other hand, why is Hawaii not called "the Hawaiines"? I don't know; that deserves its own posting in Yahoo Answers)).

Answer 6

the "F" in the word Filipino represents that the Filipino language is flexible. it was called Pilipino before but was then changed to letter "F" to symbolize the flexibility of the language, since "F" is in English as its counterpart is letter "P" in our vernacular.

have a nice day! ^_^

Answer 7

before we were officially known as the philippines, the first wave of our conquistadors (yup the spaniards) called our country islas de las filipinas, hence the people were called filipinos and it just stuck! so there.

Answer 8

it's just still the same.filipino man o philipino ang tawag still the same.good question btw.

Answer 9

Try asking that to the publishers of Merriam Webster ditctionaries. While you're at it, try asking that to Bill Gates since he owns Encarta Encyclopedia.

Answer 10

Spanish started it.