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the filipino conyo culture

what?

coño

noun.

  • literally female genitalia
  • a mix of predominantly Spanish and English with Tagalog
  • semi-derogatory term for people who seem to be high class and vain or conscious about their social status
  • lifestyle associated with social status
  • privilege dialect highlighting the concept of elitism

when?

  • Spanish colonization
  • started as an expletive associated with the Insulares and Peninsulares
  • became synonymous to Spaniard
  • eventually to signify a person who belongs to upper middle class, fair skin, living in an exclusive neighborhood

no definite history

theories:

  • nannies from Manila who were not fluent in English nor Spanish (Garvida, 2012)
  • difficulty in adapting to the Filipino First Policy (1960's)
  • became an emulation of how English/Spanish speakers talk to native Filipinos
  • has become a stance among the middle class, preferred means of communicating with others

who?

  • meztizos
  • middle to upper class
  • exclusive schools
  • "intellectual elite"
  • Kris Aquino

where?

how?

sound elongation

abbreviation

translation

sound addition

(c) Google Images

[wikipilipinas]

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  • like, ano, uh, di ba, parang
  • I know right
  • you know
  • Dude, pare, chong, friend

general syntax

filler words and phrases

  • code switching and borrowing
  • make + pandiwa
  • "it's so" + pang-uri
  • tagalog word + -s

LOL, OMG, TTLY, BRB

references

How to speak like a teenage conyo part 2: youtube.com/watchv=U1ZjL11j3Qg

Images c/o Google Image Search

Starbucks Katipunan: farm4.staticflickr.com/3552/5756924278_350d193b3b_z.jpg

UP CBA: cba.upd.edu.ph

ADMU: globalnation.inquirer.net/files/2012/06/ateneo-de-manila.jpg

“CONYO TALK” by MIGNETTE MARCOS GARVIDA, siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/linguelinguaggi/article/viewFile/12641/11252

en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Colegiala_Speak

thisispureawesomeness.blogspot.com/2013/05/conyo-ka-ba-are-you-conyo.html

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