58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days 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 · 9 days agomessage-square79linkfedilink
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 days agoLol Guangzhou is spelled with the Pinyin But the local language is not called “Guangzhouese”, its Cantonese, but the city is not called “Canton” lmao Also: Petition to rename my city to “Filadelfia” 🤭
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoCanton was originally the transliterated name for the province of Guangdong, which is why the language is called Cantonese in English, from guǎngdōnghuà. The name Canton being applied to Guangzhou came later.
Lol
Guangzhou is spelled with the Pinyin
But the local language is not called “Guangzhouese”, its Cantonese, but the city is not called “Canton”
lmao
Also: Petition to rename my city to “Filadelfia” 🤭
Canton was originally the transliterated name for the province of Guangdong, which is why the language is called Cantonese in English, from guǎngdōnghuà.
The name Canton being applied to Guangzhou came later.