The Word “Pinoy”

Posted by Marcing Pin on February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Word “Pinoy”
By Marcing Pin

A few months ago, I encountered a very interesting article in one of the Filipino group page in Facebook. The article talks about the ignorance of the Filipinos about the word “Pinoy”.

For me, the author of the article is quite right. Filipino creativity to create or invent words these days is degrading the Filipino language. Deep Tagalog words are being laugh at by young and sometimes uneducated Filipinos. They prefer the word “libro” to the word “aklat”. Tagalog is no longer the lingua franca but instead “Tag-lish” (Tagalog-English) is the new lingua franca.

Here is the article:

“PINOY TO MAHARLOKO”
by David Salcedo Sanchez

It is something sad to say. But, there is a minority of Filipinos who ignorantly call themselves “PINÓY”. They think that to be called “PINÓY” is fun, is ok, is in. They do not know, of course, that the moniker “PINÓY” is a coinage, made in the USA, from parts of two words: PIN from “PhilipPINe” and OY from “unggÓY” meaning “monkey”, “chimp” or “simean”.

Thus, the literal meaning of the name PINÓY is a “monkey from the Philippines”.

PINÓY is also an offshoot of the American lyrics for the tune of “No te Vayas a Zamboanga” which goes “For monkeys have no tails in far Zamboanga”.. .. popularly sang during the American invasion and occupation of Las Islas Filipinas….

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