Rule of Writing Online #11
By Rico, 9:09 am Tue Feb 23 2010 - Tips & Tricks - 2 Opinions
Watch your spelling when describing nationalities or countries.
Case in point: witness Filipino blogger Marocharim enjoy a feature on BBC’s Blogworld. It’s great that Paul Coletti has taken notice of Maro’s commentary on Felix “Peck” Cantal, a presidential candidate for the 2010 elections. But you don’t spell Filipino as “Philippino”.
True, we call our country Philippines in English, and call ourselves Filipinos in the same language. Yet a quick Google search would’ve helped you out Mr. Coletti. On top of that, Microsoft Word doesn’t consider “Filipino” a misspelling, because it is actually a word.
By the way fellow Filipinos, make sure you spell Filipino and Philippines correctly!
Paul Coletti
12:12 am Wed Feb 24 2010
Well spotted Sir! It has been duly changed. P
Rico
1:01 am Wed Feb 24 2010
Thanks Paul!