Philipines, what is Pinoy ?
By Neo_Knights
@Neo_Knights (1882)
Indonesia
February 9, 2007 6:50am CST
I don't mean to offend anybody but every philipine's sites I always read pinoy. Pinoythis or pinoythat.
What actually Pinoy means ?
2 responses
@mindcorruptor (46)
• Philippines
19 Feb 07
very well said my kababayans. pinoy is a local term used to describe filipino males. pinay is of course for filipino females or popularly known as filipina
@Neo_Knights (1882)
• Indonesia
19 Feb 07
Hmm... that's interesting.
Now tell me what is kabayans ? because one of Indonesian dialect (Sundanese) also have Kabayan vocabulary.
@thebestmom (1104)
• Philippines
19 Feb 07
kabayan or kababayan means people from the same country. the filipino word bayan means country.
@Hellghast (77)
• Philippines
9 Feb 07
LOL^^ put it this way:
germany = german
america = american
japan = japanese
philippines = filipino or "PINOY" in our local dialect.
you made me laugh. ^^ cheers
