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      • p_sharikov [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I never really understood the Latinx thing. Why not just drop the suffix entirely and make it "Latin"? Like literally just use the root word.

          • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            It's even worse in Spanish because the name of the letter X is ECK-EES

          • throwaway0 [fae/faer]
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            4 years ago

            When you use the stats of cis/hets not liking or using terms meant to be inclusive of non-binary/queer people as a reason for the term being bad. :cringe:

              • throwaway01 [fae/faer]
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                4 years ago

                (didnt save the password so had to make a new one oops definitely not worth it just for posting this comment but whatever)

                Like I said latine is used more. A word or phrase could sound perfect and it wouldn't matter because that is not what it is actually about, most cis people just do not want to acknowledge non-binary peoples existence, let alone expand their languages to include us. Just look at the outrage every time someone dare utter the words ''people who menstruate'' for example.

            • SerLava [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              If it's not sexist, is it really a romance language?

            • hamouy [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              They are still people, and if the goal is to find widespread acceptance for the word, maybe a better letter than fucking "x" should be found.

              • throwaway0 [fae/faer]
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                4 years ago

                Latine is used more. Which people would know if they actually cared about the topic, instead of just wanting to laugh at them silly trans people and their x's.

                • hamouy [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Hell, I'm not laughing, I just think convenience is key when trying to gain widespread acceptance for a neologism. I actually think this "Latine" sounds like a much better alternative.

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The whole Latino/Latina category is a pretty bad one, since it conflates settler-descended central and south Americans with native-descended ones. It's the reason why pretty much every "first latino ____" is a white guy.

          • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Also, the whole concept of "Latin America" was invented by France in order to try to make Mexicans accept French imperialism in Mexico. Or at least that's what I learned in a world history class years ago.

        • bruh [any]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah there has to be some logical reason as to why that isn't the case but holy shit Latinx is awkward as shit.

      • camaron28 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Me too.

        I also dislike latine, but at least that one makes sense. I will not use it, but if someone else wants to, i welcome it.

        By the way, is it true that argentinian twitter is having a meltdown because a spaniard called "milanesas", "pollo empanado"? (Which is the obvious superior choice).

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Latine makes sense because is the spanish nu-genderneutral of latino, which despite being understood as "referring to all people" it's in "male form", so is woker to use "latine"

          Milanesas can be made out of chicken, cow, pig, eggplants etc, it's basically something dipped in raw scrambled eggs then covered in bread crumbs and then fried. Argie twitter is pure garbage, and twitter keeps banning my accounts anyways.

      • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Both of these pronunciations have their roots in English, since the letter X is "equis" (ECK-EES) in Spanish. Which is even more awkward than in English.

    • sydnerella11 [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Lol I was talking about the womxn thing with my mom today and then idk how Latinx came up but she pronounced it as “latinks”