The band Aye Nako culled a move from a similar playbook, naming their punk/alternative quartet for a Tagalog phrase that roughly means “for crying out loud.” Aye Nako vocalist-guitarist Mars Ganito has noted that “most white people don’t bother looking up the meaning or the pronunciation...
Its definition of Filipino, however, is still tied to the old form which was primarily based on Tagalog, an outdated formulation of the national language. Nevertheless, the DMF separates its...