• Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    Personally I don’t think its a question of ethnicity, but rather of language. Latinx works in English but makes no sense in Spanish

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      23 days ago

      I mean, why not? There are Spanish words with an x in them that make basically the same sound as in English: extranjero, excelente—and while I’ll give you that those are at the middle of a word rather than the end, there’s even ex (as in ex boyfriend) that can just be used alone.

      If you want to say it needs a vowel to make sense in Spanish, sure, throw an e in there for clarity.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      23 days ago

      It was invented by latinx math nerds on 90s chatrooms. It wasn’t designed to be spoken, it was designed to be a math joke.