[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish

[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German

[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese

What rule is at play here? 🤔

Cheers!

    • superduperpirate@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 months ago

      What the fuck are you talking about? The Chinaman is not the issue here, Dude! I’m talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you do not. Also, Dude, “Chinaman” is not the preferred nomenclature. “Asian-American” please.

      • Walter Sobchak
      • xmunk
        21·
        7 months ago

        Is that some weird shortening for People’s Republic of Chinamen? Wouldn’t that be too easy to confuse with Republic of Chinamen?

      • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        7 months ago

        Margaret Thatcher even in her death was the inventor of the world’s first gender-neutral bathroom so she can have the exception.