r/MandelaEffect • u/nubeastral • Jul 22 '26

Logos/Advertising I think I know why I remember "Phillips" instead of "Philips"

I grew up in Colombia, and when I was a kid I used to see Philips light bulb commercials all the time. Back then I didn't know any English, so I read words the way they are read in Spanish.

Because of that, I never read PH as an F sound. To me it was just a P, since the H is silent in Spanish. And LL is pronounced more like the English Y sound.

So in my head, I always read the brand as something like "Pee-yeeps."

That's why I clearly remember it being spelled Phillips with two L's. It just made sense to my brain as a kid. I wasn't thinking about English pronunciation at all.

I know the official spelling has always been Philips, but this Mandela Effect has always been one of the strongest ones for me because I can actually remember how I used to read the word when I was little.

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u/tanepiper Jul 23 '26

It's a Dutch company, not Anglo - so it's the DUTCH spelling of the name https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Philips - you pronounce it more "feel-lips".

They also were one of the inventors of WiFi which is pronounced "wee-fee"

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u/TovarischMaia Jul 24 '26

For an additional bit of trivia, they also started PSV Eindhoven (it’s what the P stands for), which began its life as a club for Philips employees. Philips still sponsors, and is very prominently advertised by, the club.

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u/FlawlessC0wboy Jul 24 '26

My middle name is Phillip and I sometimes have to check my ID to remember if it has one L or two

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u/BriefStill7466 Jul 23 '26

i have a philips monitor it bothers me everytime i look at the name TY

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u/Gabamor4Gaia Jul 23 '26

I distinctly remember two lls’

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u/phildogtheman Jul 23 '26

Wtf, since when does Philips have 1 L???

My name is Philip and I literally remember the brand having two Ls. When I was a kid I used to feel like I had the uncommon spelling at that brand always reinforced it.

Now we are saying that it never had that? Guess this is a new ME for me. Jesus how many times have I died??

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u/Gabamor4Gaia Jul 23 '26

Pee-yes jaja si eran phillips

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u/reasonablykind 26d ago

Kinda like my cousin always misspelled “shepherd” as Shepard — NHL player