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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Not in general usage

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 09:50 AM

Dec 2020

The word originally meant people from Latium, near Rome, but outside ancient history, no ones is likely to mean that now. Context and general usage tells you it's about Americans. 'Hispanic' has the disadvantage of technically implying a link to Spain, which doesn't fit Brazil. But yes, it seems worth using as well.

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Matthew Yglesias: The Latinx problem [View all] brooklynite Dec 2020 OP

Inventing that term has bothered me, too. MineralMan Dec 2020 #1

Of course, you could just say 'Latin' muriel_volestrangler Dec 2020 #2

French, Italian, and Portuguese people are also "Latin" under that definition, though. MineralMan Dec 2020 #3

Not in general usage muriel_volestrangler Dec 2020 #4

I remain in favor of using whatever terminology the group being discussed MineralMan Dec 2020 #5

Latinex is a term I neve see used here in New Mexico. comradebillyboy Dec 2020 #6

My Latino friends and family hate that word. I refuse to use it or type it Sympthsical Dec 2020 #7

Gender neutral innovations in language are always hard to accept frazzled Dec 2020 #8

Silly MenloParque Dec 2020 #9