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[–] 23 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

it was an Spanish colony for 300 years, Filipino is the Spanish spelling, and probably stuck, in English would have been "Philippine"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I always remember the 'pp' by imagining it as some suburban estate. "Philip Pines"

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