yup, struggle session time

edit: no one is right, everyone is wrong :^)

edit 2: this post is actually dedicated to Amy Goodman, please stop trying to sound cool grandma

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Can someone explain context for an ignorant non-american? Genuinely have absolutely no concept of this issue or any hispanic(latino?) word problems at all because the demographic is so small there's zero representation/coverage here.

    Absolutely no idea. I might have said something offensive in this comment even, I don't know.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        ...Haha I still don't understand XD

        There are layers and layers of culturally relevant stuff here that feel completely lost on me.

        • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Spanish nouns are gendered, latino* is male, latina is female. In an attempt to be gender neutral and inclusive of enbys people started saying "latinx" instead. Those people did so with complete disregard to the Spanish language.

          A more reasonable invented term would be "latine" (edit: or just "latin"), still pronounceable in Spanish, no gendered -o or -a.

          * Technically latino is the sort of default, where if you don't know the gender or you are talking about a mixed group you'll use latino or latinos. But the argument I guess is that using -o as the default is too male-centric.

            • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              That works too, but nouns ending in consonants is an exception in Spanish (though a pretty common one). And actually -es is used for the plural of those nouns regardless of gender, and therefore "latines" would be the proper plural of "latin".

              As far as singular -e goes it's a mixed bag, but I think most -e words are feminine yeah.

                • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  For nouns that end with a gendered -o or -a, yes. But for nouns that end with a consonant you add -es* no matter the gender or mix of genders.

                  * Or in the case of words that end with z, change the z to -ces.

                    • gay [any]
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                      4 years ago

                      Generally yes, Because in Spanish most feminine words end in A:

                      Chica -> chicas

                      Actriz -> actrices

                      Madre -> madres

                      Masculine words:

                      Fondo -> fondos

                      Actor -> actores

                      Padre -> padres (means both fathers and parents)

                      If it ends with a vowel, you add an S. If it ends with a consonant, ES like he just said. Z in plural changes to a C because ortography.

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            I seeeeeee, now I get it.

            I was in fact offensive in the first comment then too lmao.