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Latino/Hispanic

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8. It works fine as an English word.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 5, 2021, 04:39 PM

Dec 2021

But whenever I hear it spoken, I keep wanting to change the spelling to somehow match the pronunciation.

In Spanish, unlike English, words are usually spelled the same way they are pronounced, and my brain keeps wanting to interpret it as a Spanish word.

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Progressives, Hispanics are not 'Latinx.' Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language. [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

Heed this well, my fellow whities. WhiteTara Oct 2019 #1

Grammatical gender is only loosely attached to sex. Loki Liesmith Oct 2019 #2

Which Spanish language are you protecting? The Spanish spoken in Spain? In Mexico? abqtommy Oct 2019 #3

I don't want to be referred to as "Latinx" SilasSouleII Mar 2020 #4

I think that's fine. I won't use "Latinx" myself. I've been reminded by a waiter in Bogota that abqtommy Mar 2020 #5

It does kind of grate on the nerves a bit. old as dirt Dec 2021 #6

It is said as Latin - x (three syllables). TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #7

It works fine as an English word. old as dirt Dec 2021 #8

I took a couple years of Spanish while in college, TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #9

My Spanish is awful, and it's only gotten worse over time. old as dirt Dec 2021 #10

The best thing about taking Spanish during my last two years in college TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #11

I always say that... old as dirt Dec 2021 #12