Is it lack of respect, if US call Philippines PI instead of RP?

Sort of.. but we can't blame them for being ignoramus. <*-*>

Filipino Americans now tend to call the Philippines - PI, which stands for the Philippine Islands (referring to the Philippines being an archipelago). If you want to be politically correct, then you can say RP, which stands for Republic of the Philippines. But then, no one will understand what you are saying since it isn't as common as PI.

Most people in the US just call it "The Philippines", and dont include Republic or Islands. Most US citizens realize its a foreign country. Its not disrespectful, or a lack of knowledge, its just an abbreviation of the name- the same way that you referring to "USA" is an abbreviation of the country that I live in. As far as I know, there is no country in the world actually named USA. But there is one called The United States of America. Was it disrespectful or careless of you to refer to The United States of America as USA? I personally dont think so.

I don't think it is for lack of respect. A lot of old history books still list the country as the Philippine Islands instead of "Republic of the Philippines." I don't mind it since it is telling of someone's lack of knowledge (of our country) and it really doesn't affect me.

I mean, a lot of people, a lot of Filipinos for that matter don't even know much about other countries, too.

I don't think it's disrespectful. Are you saying that us Americans (Fil-Am or not), who reside in the U.S., who refer to the Philippines as PI, are disrespectful, careless,or ignorant; and the other Filipinos who live abroad in other countries, who also use 'PI' are not?

The gentleman two below you from this question, on the question page, referred the Philippines, as PI, and I believe he is far from being a disrespectful person.

I admit I refer to the Philippines as PI. So do all my relatives who live in the US., but who were born, raised and spent a vast majority of their lives in the Philippines. They still visit the homeland often and we/they are by no means disrespectful to their homeland. We, who were born here in the US, take our cues from our relatives.

By all means, call my country, America or USA or the US. United States of America is a mouthful, and I don't mind if you abbreviate. Believe me, may of us are far from thinking that the Philippines is a colony of the US.

I mean come on now, we all now live in a very technological age, and everyone one is shortening the language! i.e. texting and IM'ing. (Now don't get me started on that topic...)

Lack of respect? Don't be such a thin skinned woosey. Lack of respect would be if I called you an idiot. People refer to The Philippines as PI all the time. Nobody ever called it RP except in some official governmental blah blah. In fact I doubt most people would recognize RP as being associated with PI at all. Try to come up with something more siginificant to complain about next time.

Yes, because PI denotes Philippine Islands. Philippine Islands was the name used by the US in referring to the Philippines. RP is the politically correct abbreviation.

And besides, the Philippines is not yet truly independent anyway.

Face it, Philippines are a group of islands are they not?

Therefore they are "The" Philippine Islands.

Just as Hawaii is made of a group of Islands and is called the Hawaiian Islands, even they are a State of the United States...

Being a group of islands has nothing to do with whether you are a country or republic or not.

Just like Not all of the Islands in the Philippines make up the "Visayans" but they are "The Visayans Islands".

Come on guys, it is too early in the morning for this.

People are too touchy.

TOUCHY-TOUCHY!

I GUESS

1. "THE BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR NAME.

2. WE CAN'T SAY WE VISITED SEVERAL OF THE "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"

3. WE CAN'T SAY THERE ARE 7,000 PLUS "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"

4. WE CAN'T ASK WHICH "PHILIPPINE ISLAND DO YOU LIVE ON OR DO YOU COME FROM.

TOUCHY!

I think PI is still cool! It was the colonial term for The Philippines like MI for Michigan, CA for California, TX for Texas, and so forth and so on.

no, its just a reference to the philippine archipelago. besides, the DOT has been marketing the philippines as a wonderful group of island paradise.

its good that you placed the word official in a parenthesis. because actually, the philippines has never been independent from the US. US is still that meddling big brother who just cant get enough of the philippine affairs

Actually, the only Americans I've heard using PI were Filipino Americans...