58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?message-squaremessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down10
arrow-up1234arrow-down1message-squareWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square79linkfedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agothat doesn’t answer the question of why F vs PH
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days 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-up1·3 days agoso King Philip named it Filip? and then Americans named it Philip? wat
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoKing Felipe in Spanish. Philip in English.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days 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.