58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down10
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareWhy is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·2 days agoI had no idea either but I did find this while Googling(Kagi-ing?) https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/04/why-is-filipino-spelled-with-an-f.html
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 minutes agoKaging is bad for French people, and especially Occitan in the south, as caguer (loosely translated to caging in English) means “to take a dump.” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caguer
minus-squaremacaw_dean_settle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoUse a better search like Bing or duckduckgo. googol sucks and was never any good.
minus-squarevalek879@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·2 days agoBack in my day we used to call it “searching”
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoHere’s a Nintendo game. It’s Halo for the Xbox360.
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYou could easily replace ‘googling’ to ‘Interneting’.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·35 minutes agoIf “Googling” falls into common usage to cover all web search, Alphabet lose their trademark protection…
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoInstead of googling, I say searching it up
minus-squareBazoogle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day ago‘Interneting’ does not suggest using a search engine
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoPeople that use Kagi are the Harvard grads of search engine users
I had no idea either but I did find this while Googling(Kagi-ing?)
https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/04/why-is-filipino-spelled-with-an-f.html
Kaging is bad for French people, and especially Occitan in the south, as caguer (loosely translated to caging in English) means “to take a dump.” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caguer
Use a better search like Bing or duckduckgo. googol sucks and was never any good.
Back in my day we used to call it “searching”
Here’s a Nintendo game. It’s Halo for the Xbox360.
You could easily replace ‘googling’ to ‘Interneting’.
If “Googling” falls into common usage to cover all web search, Alphabet lose their trademark protection…
Instead of googling, I say searching it up
‘Interneting’ does not suggest using a search engine
People that use Kagi are the Harvard grads of search engine users