Why is it hard for the foreigners to correctly spell the word "Philippines"?
PHILLIPINES, PHILIPINOS, PHILLS.
right? I have seen so many here, puriners, they cant spell pilipins..or they just dont care?! Didnt they learn it all in World HIstory? unfair... we can spell naman US, Australia, India, blah blah..
nah..just curious..I wont get u all frustated about this lol.
agni wud like to greet u all "happy pasukan day!"
Is the "PHILIPPINES" so hard to spell like women? ..."hirap mo ispelengin! maghiwalay na nga tau!" joke!
★Spotter★2009-05-20T07:42:55Z
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Remember, not everyone who speaks english can spell it as well. Not because you were born in a first world country automatically makes you educated too.
Here is a trivia for you to ponder. Thirty Seven per cent of Americans CANNOT find the USA on the map of the USA!
During a Miss Teen USA Pageant, the question was "Why can't one fifth of Americans find America on a map?"
The answer of Miss Teen South Carolina was -
"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some ... people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, ah, education like such as in South Africa, and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for."
So do not worry if they can't spell Philippines. (Imagine if it was Czekoslovakia?) For as long as they are good folks, we will welcome them with open arms. I am not a good speller as well, but what the heck? Thanks for the add Agni.
Maybe because theist is pronounced differently to atheist. The atheist makes the ei sound like "e" instead of "a" but I'm not totally confident that that is the reason. Perhaps it is true, as creatrix suggests, that atheists are for some reason better spellers. If it were it would certainly result in atheist being spelt incorrectly more often as atheists use the word theist most often while everyone uses the word atheist.
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As contrarians, you insist on violating the i before e except after c rule. bastards. ;-) Theist is generally spelled corectly because t's atheists who use it. Most theists use the actual flavor of theism to describe themselves, IE, Christian or Muslim. Most atheists get the etymology of the word and can therefore spell it correctly.