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flipcombatmedic
Correct me if I am wrong, or maybe add to it but here are some of the terms I know.

Spanish borrowed
Greek-Griego pronounced Gree-ye-go. Greece-Grecia Gre-si-ya.

English-Ingles-eengles England-Inglaterra-eeng-gla-te-rra

Spanish-Espanol/Castila-es-pa-nyol/kas-ti-la Spain-espania/espanya-es-pan-ya

Portuguese-portugues-por-too-ges Portugal-por-too-gal

German-Aleman-a-le-man. Germany-Alemania-ale-man-ya.

Cuban-cubano-koo-bano Cuba-koo-ba

French-Frances-fran-ses France-Francia-fran-cia

Japanese-Hapones/Haponesa (fem.) Japan-Hapon

Norweigian-Norwego


others

Chinese-intsik/chino (span.)

Indian-bombay
Ek-ek
New York- Nueva York
flipcombatmedic
egypt-egipcio-ehipsiyo

us-estados unidos
Fil-Am
QUOTE (flipcombatmedic @ Jan 30 2005, 04:25 PM)
egypt-egipcio-ehipsiyo

us-estados unidos
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LOL we call foreigners by spanish. embarassedlaugh.gif

Like cano is short for Americano.
--Kaged--
filipinos say nueva york?

never heard that before; i always here new york.
flipcombatmedic
QUOTE (Ek-ek @ Jan 28 2005, 04:49 PM)
New York- Nueva York
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yeah i agree with kaged, maybe rizal have used that term, but not since teh spanish. eg. we don't use mexico-me hi co, we use the american/english mexico but of course mexican is still mexeekano. it's weird, putting spanish grammatical usage with english terminology. colonial legacy.
Forumwalker
Korea - Korea ; Korean - Koriyano, Koryano
Filipino-Chinese - Pintsik (Pinchik); Tsinoy (Chinoy)
Saudi Arabia - Sowdi Arabya (not spelled like that); Arabian (as in aray-bee-yan) - Arabian (arabyan)
Chicago (as in Shee-cah-go) - Chicago (Chi-ca-go)
Illinois - pronounced by "some" as ilinoys
flipcombatmedic
QUOTE (Forumwalker @ Jan 31 2005, 07:09 AM)
Korea - Korea ; Korean - Koriyano, Koryano
Filipino-Chinese - Pintsik (Pinchik); Tsinoy (Chinoy)
Saudi Arabia - Sowdi Arabya (not spelled like that); Arabian (as in aray-bee-yan) - Arabian (arabyan)
Chicago (as in Shee-cah-go) - Chicago (Chi-ca-go)
Illinois - pronounced by "some" as ilinoys
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i think arabian, is just english, actually it's either arabo or arabiano.
RL33
is checkwa, eguy,bombay etc. are they considered deragatory terms?
flipcombatmedic
QUOTE (RL33 @ Feb 2 2005, 02:21 PM)
is checkwa, eguy,bombay etc. are they considered deragatory terms?
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bombay is not really (though properly they are supposed to be called Hindu in Tagalog) but chekwa (i don't know about eguy) are just slang, some Chinese might get offended, but I don't think it's that bad at all.
dragon
What about Vietnam/Vietnamese?

We call Flips, "Phi Luat Tan", or just "Phi" for short.
RL33
really? what does "phi luat tan" literally translate to??...oh and the only term for viets ive heard is bitcong (vietcong) embarassedlaugh.gif2 which i think is stupid.
flipcombatmedic
QUOTE (dragon @ Feb 2 2005, 02:44 PM)
What about Vietnam/Vietnamese?

We call Flips, "Phi Luat Tan", or just "Phi" for short.
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yeah what does it mean?

we've always (for the most part) just used what other colonizers used ie vietnamese, are just vietnamese (from americans). we don't even have our own term for indonesia, and malaysia (i'm sure there is, but in a different dialect from different ethic groups)
Kanlungan
Really, I've laways wondered why Filipinos call Indians Bumbay...something to do with the place "Bombay"??
Ek-ek
First : New York is Nueva York in Filipino.
Our teacher had used it in a sentence several times
Second: Filipinos called Indians as "Bombay" because most of the Indians who settle and came to the Philippines came from that city.
Indians are also called "Sepoy" .
maogmang_aki
basta pag tinawag ka bombay nagpa-5-6 ka.. yan konotasyon nyan dito sa amin... kahit di ka indian... biggrin.gif
Kanlungan
Interestingly, there are still some Pinoys who assumes that all whites ate "kano"....hehehehe
risip
QUOTE (flipcombatmedic @ Feb 2 2005, 01:24 PM)
QUOTE (RL33 @ Feb 2 2005, 02:21 PM)
is checkwa, eguy,bombay etc. are they considered deragatory terms?
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bombay is not really (though properly they are supposed to be called Hindu in Tagalog) but chekwa (i don't know about eguy) are just slang, some Chinese might get offended, but I don't think it's that bad at all.
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Eguy, Egoy = Negro

...worth to be mentioned sometimes:

Kastilaloy = Spaniard or person with spanish features
Kanlungan
Kastilaloy AKA Mestizong Bangus... LMAO. icon_smile.gif
maogmang_aki
sa mga puting kahit saan galing basta puti - mestisong bangus din o amerkanong layas! o anak araw!
oanari
Filipino term of places:

England--Englatera
France--Pransiya
Germany--Alemania
Brazil--Brasil (there's no letter "Z" in Filipino alphabet)

Filipino term describing people: (more like slangs)

Amerikano(a)ng panis (this refer to a pinoy/pinay who thinks he/she is white)
Dalaginding (A girl in her pre-teen)
Takusa (a man who is afraid of his wife)
Kulasisi (mistress)
jaguar (a security guard)
maogmang_aki
actually yong jaguar, binaliktad na gwardya: dya-gwar hehe
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