Many Blaan and Tboli members are sensitive about the seemingly harmless apostrophe which, if used to spell out the names, is seen as offensive, disrespectful, and an utter disregard of their culture.
Tboli, on the other hand, is not pronounced “Tiboli” and does not have an apostrophe between the first two consonants.
“There is a growing disregard for the correct spelling of the tribal names, and we have to do something to correct it because it has become the root cause of conflict and even brawls among the youth who get insulted when mocked with misspelled or mispronounced Blaan,” Basino said. Their advocacy work has yet to get the attention of Philippine government offices and agencies that continue to use apostrophes on the term Blaan in official public documents and citations, Turner said.
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