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[–] 22 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

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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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

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

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