Filipino Monkey?

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'm not familiar with the term. But it sounds offensive.... very offensive.

Apparently, there's a maritime heckler who frequents the radio waves of ships in the Persian Gulf. How the person came to be called "Filipino Monkey" is still unclear.

I wonder if merchant marine OFW's are familiar with this?
Yahoo Article

[lito62]

ginagawa kasing mode of tsismisan ng mga kababayan nating marino ang radio.lalo na kung meron silang kaibigan from other ship around .meron pa nga nang aasar pa sa mga ibang nationalities madalas between indian and pilipino.Sad to say but its true dahil siguro walang magawa yung guardia sa bridge kaya kung anu ano ang naiisip na kalokohang gawin.dami kasing pilipino mariners kaya kapag nagtsismisan over the radio lalo na dyan sa bandang persian gulp.halos lahat ng channel occupied na.pero hindi naman lahat meron ding mga disiplinado na alam ang dapat gawin.

[shadow]

hinde ba si ogie alcasid yun tinutukoy na filipino monkey??? :hysterical:

[safeorigin]

i believe that ogie is much better referred to as singkit na tarsier. i wonder though kung meron ding natsitsismis na bisugo.

[VtEC]

parang naalala ko tuloy yong tsismis kay mariah C. at regine V. dati ng sinabihan nyang brown monkey ang huli.well, there's nothing wrong about it.for all we know between science and creation, there come the evolution theory wherein they say man came from the apes (monkeys).so when they call the filipinos monkeys that means the one saying that is also a monkey by origin he he he

[safeorigin]

or more likely as sasquatch

[cutedoc]

....but this monkey stands out=)

[v6dreamer]

It happen to me also back on the early seventies in Washington when I was in U.S navy na may isang pinoy (navy too)ang kumausap sa akin at ang approach niya ay "KUMUSTA UNGOY". You know, nag-react ako for calling me UNGOY so I said UNGOY karin but my tone is harsh. I think he's got my message and he kindly explained it to me na ganoon daw ang tawagan ng mga pinoy na sailor dito. In short, I did took that call.

[eddiebauer]

kung ako naganyan ng sailor, tatapunan ko ng balat ng saging daanan nya one time

[Jagger]

Mga seaman from India ang nag pauso ng term na Filipino Monkey.
Nuong mid 80's kasi kalakasan ng asaran ng mga seaman na Filipino at Indiano. Kapag hindi na manalo sa asaran ang indianong deck officer sa filipinong deck officer ay saka uulit-ulitin ng indiano yong term na filipino monkey. Filipino at indiano seafarers lang naman ang mahilig sa tsismisan sa radio nuong araw.

[Galactus]

I first heard the term "Filipino Monkey" last night while watching Fox News. The hosts spent a great deal of time talking about it, since "Filipino Monkey" apparently was responsible for the naval skirmish Iran had with the US Navy several days ago.

[shadow]

:offtopic: * galactus, you never heard it before? when the parents of Michelle Van Eimeren called Ogie alcasid "filipino monkey" or was it "brown monkey" ....hehehehe

[dbuzz]

its a maritime radio troll known to seasoned skippers as the "Filipino Monkey."
yun bang basta na lang papasok sa usapan sa radio.

check this out.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDfDHNZdLsI"]YouTube - Faux & Friends: Now Iran Boat Incident Was a Hoax[/ame]

[shadow]

let us all wait for the reaction of the so called "cause-oriented group"....
apology from fox news???

[badkuk]

di naman sa nanlalait...but pansin ko most "blue collar" workers, regardless of race, have different sense of humor compared to "us"...things that they find funny would be offensive to us -- e.g the monkey slur. ewan ko lang if there's any deep seeded racism that comes with it, but most of the time asaran lang

[CVT]

I am deeply offended by such moniker....

I remember many years ago, when I was visiting our HQ in CA, I overheard a VP (caucasian) of the company talking out loud "What are those monkeys in the *name of our company in the Phil* trying to do?"

I immediately stood up out of a meeting and went out of the cubicle looking for that person and was ready to intercept him. An Asian-American held me and told me that I let it go. But in that situation, any Filipino will be deeply offended

5101:pcwhack:

[shadow]

oo nga, why and how did a "high-sea prankster" became "filipino monkey"?

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'm just curious on how the moniker originated. If it was in fact a Pinoy mariner, I wouldn't be surprised. Many Pinoys I knew had a special skill in heckling and making catcalls.

That's why my HS years in RP was so fun even if some of the catcalls were directed at me (all in good fun and no lines crossed). He He. That got me reminescing again......

But this "Filipino Monkey" thing is a serious matter especially over international waters.

[MAXBUWAYA]

I think its really nothing serious.

Am a proud Filipino Monkey.

Is Kenny Rogers a Monkey?

[CVT]

I think its really nothing serious.

Am a proud Filipino Monkey.

Is Kenny Rogers a Monkey?

I hope it is,- but various cultures will perceive this moniker differently....

I remember overhearing a group of teen-aged American girls calling each other wh*res in a restaurant in one of the more conservative States in the US recently.

I was dining with a fellow employee and he saw the shock (and probably a tinge of delight...:naughty2: on my face) while looking at them.... He explained to me that nowadays, they(teenagers) casually call each other like that, and it was a nono in his time, too....

Whew! Tide of times.......

5101:pcwhack: