JakyllaM to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 1 month agoHard time to be non-binary Spanish personimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down111
arrow-up1235arrow-down1imageHard time to be non-binary Spanish personJakyllaM to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoOr just “Latin”. A word Latin Americans actually use. Really don’t need the X.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThat only works in English sadly. The Spanish latino comes from the part of the Americas that spoke a Latin-based (romance) language. The Spanish Latín refers only to the language of Rome
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoGood thing almost nobody speaks Latin today, so it should be pretty clear what the intended meaning is.
Or just “Latin”. A word Latin Americans actually use. Really don’t need the X.
That only works in English sadly. The Spanish latino comes from the part of the Americas that spoke a Latin-based (romance) language. The Spanish Latín refers only to the language of Rome
Good thing almost nobody speaks Latin today, so it should be pretty clear what the intended meaning is.