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
[wikipilipinas]
- 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