58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?message-squaremessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down11
arrow-up1235arrow-down1message-squareWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square79linkfedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agothat doesn’t answer the question of why F vs PH
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWhen it became a US colony they changed it. That was printed on maps. The people still referred to themselves with the original spelling.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoso King Philip named it Filip? and then Americans named it Philip? wat
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoKing Felipe in Spanish. Philip in English.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPhilip is the English spelling of the name.
that doesn’t answer the question of why F vs PH
When it became a US colony they changed it.
That was printed on maps. The people still referred to themselves with the original spelling.
so King Philip named it Filip? and then Americans named it Philip? wat
King Felipe in Spanish.
Philip in English.
Philip is the English spelling of the name.