Why is the word Fillipino spelled with an F but Phillipines is spelled with a Ph?
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Filipino is a term that originally referred to the Spanish population who were born and settled in the Philippines. During the nationalist movements of the late 19th century and after the revolt and independence from Spain in 1898, it came to refer to the general population.\n\nFilipino can refer to any of the following:\n\n    * From or related to the Philippines.\n          o Synonym: Philippine is also used as a qualifier in certain instances.\n    * The Filipino language, which is heavily based on Tagalog\n    * The Filipino people\n    * In the plural, it can refer to cookies named Filipinos which are manufactured by Artiach and Nabisco in Spain. \n\nORIGIN OF THE NAME "PHILIPPINES":\nThe country's name originated with Ruy López de Villalobos naming both the islands of Samar and Leyte, Las Islas Filipinas after King Philip II of Spain during his failed expedition in 1543. The archipelago was known under various names such as Spanish East Indies, New Castille (Nueva Castilla), and the St. Lazarus Islands (Islas de San Lázaro). Ultimately, the name Filipinas came to refer to the entire archipelago.\n\nNATIONAL LANGUAGE DEBATED:\nThe national language of the Philippines has been subject to several controversies and misunderstandings, even to this day. The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, Article XIV, Section 6 merely states: "The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages." The development and formal adoption of a common national language to be known as Filipino had been mandated in Section XV of the 1973 Constitution. Whether the Filipino language should be based on Tagalog is not stated, although a large number of people assumed that the Filipino language is the same as (or at least is based on) the Pilipino language, which was the national language at that time and was clearly defined to be based on Tagalog. Most Filipinos will have one of these three views when asked regarding the Filipino language:\n\n   1. Filipino is just plainly Tagalog and is just another name for the language, along with its older name, Pilipino.\n   2. Filipino is the amalgamation of all the Philippine languages, with English and Spanish also possible vocabulary sources.\n   3. Filipino is Tagalog with borrowings from English and other Philippine languages and is Tagalog as it is spoken in Metro Manila.\n\nMost people in the Philippines still consider Filipino essentially and practically the same language as Tagalog. It is more likely that Filipinos ask others if they know how to speak "Tagalog" rather than if they know how to speak "Filipino." Proponents of the second view however, specifically state that Tagalog does not include words such as "guapa" (beautiful), those terms whose meaning can be easily guessed by native Tagalog speakers but are not generally considered or used in the Tagalog-speaking region. Some people also point out that Filipino should include English words commonly used by Filipinos whereas Tagalog does not. During the time when the language was still known as Pilipino (before the name was changed to Filipino), the tendency was to use pure Tagalog, even trying to replace words of Spanish or English origin with new artificially coined words that are based on Tagalog. To some people, this differentiates Filipino from Pilipino.
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My wife is from the Philippines. I know of three ways to say it:\n\nMahal kita\nIni ibig kita\nI love you!\n\nIt's great to say it ... but better to show it.  Good luck!
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Are you sure it isn't?\n\nNote that "ph" pronounced as /f/ is actually is a long-recognized representation  of the f-sound. Specifically, it is a "digraph" -- or set of two letters used to represent one sound.  Other standard digraphs in English are "ch", "sh" and "th".   \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Value\n\nOf course, in all those cases, the alphabet lacks a consonant to represent the sound (esp. since the loss of the letters called "thorn"  and "eth"-- used for the "th" sounds [with the voice -"the"; without the voice "math"]).  So why the "ph" when we have "f"?   \n\nEnglish borrowed it for Greek words borrowed THROUGH Latin.  It was in Latin that certain conventions for representing the Greek sounds was developed.  One of these was "ph" for the Greek letter "phi".  (Originally, in the Latin borrowing the sound of "ph" was different from Latin "f", which explains why this new convention developed.)    By keeping the "historical orthography [=spelling]" in these cases it is still possible to recognize words of Greek origin, and sometimes to tell something more about how the word is pronounced.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_of_Greek_origin#The_written_form_of_Greek_words_in_English\n\n\nBut WHY did Latin use "pH" for this sound?     They got it from the GREEKS !!\n\nSee the end of this article:\n\n"H"\n"The use (of H) in digraphs (e.g. -sh-, -th-) goes back to the ancient Gk. alphabet, which used it in -ph-, -th-, -kh- until -H- took on the value of a long "e" and the digraphs acquired their own characters. The letter passed into Roman use before this evolution, and thus retained there more of its original Sem. value."\nhttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=h\n\n------------------------\n\nAs for the use of C (instead of K) --  the 'hard' pronunciation of "c" for words of Latin origin is common and ancient
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You spelled it right, it is the pronunciation that most get wrong, they say gover-ment most of the time, people tend to forget there is a "N" in there.
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As someone above mentioned, phonics comes from the Greek word phonos, sound. When Ancient Greek was spoken, phi, the letter we write as ph, was an aspirated p (something close to "puh"), not the f sound that ph has today, which evolved slowly over time to be the same sound. Despite this, the spelling conventions for the letter phi had been firmly established before this change took place.
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Tagalog is the main language of phillipines.According to the 1987 Constitution, Filipino and English are both the official languages. The twelve major regional languages are auxiliary languages of their respective regions, each with over one million speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Kinaray-a, Maranao, Maguindanao, and Tausug.\nThe Filipino language is a standardized dialect based on Tagalog that incorporates common words from other Philippine languages.
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I think I know this. I'm Filipina and a teacher told us that a Fillipino invented the moon buggy. Well, you know the trouble with patents. To us Filipinos, Eduardo San Juan invented the Lunar Rover. But to the others, a different inventor was attributed.
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Hey Gerald, the Filipinos took the surnames of the Portuguese, Spanish and the other Latin missionaries that preached & converted you guys. Marco is Mark in latin. first name for some & surname for some. You don't worry about that.. Just take a chill pill & enjoy. Marco sounds good
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No. Madeira is the correct spelling
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH
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Keep track of it and ask, and you should really capitalize Philippines since it is a proper noun. Tsk Tsk ;-(
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"The national language was labeled Filipino to acknowledge and embrace the existence of and preference for many English- and Spanish-derived words. "Western" letters such as f, j, c, x and z -- sounds of which were not indigenous to the islands before the arrival of the Spaniards and the Americans -- were included in the official Filipino alphabet."
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It depends on the context, I suppose, but "Ph." is used a lot.
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i dont get it. unless i am saying it wrong i pronounce it just like it is spelled:  fo-net-ics (ph makes a f sound btw.)
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there's no real translation of it. either colgeyt like colgate the brand of toothpaste or pampalinis ng ngipin means a thing used to clean your teeth.\nteeth- ngipin\npaste- pandikit\nif you combine it together it doesn't make sense. it's like a teeth glue
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The word didnt change spelling, its dilemma, it comes from Greek roots, just like many other, its just that it has two m's instead of some other Greek-rooted words, such as drama, problem etc... its been dilemma, not dilema or dilemna.
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Me and my friend are Phillipines and we know\n\nDilis, we think. It may not be right, but we're rather young (below 20's), so we might be wrong. Hope it helps!! :D