points by dpark 2 days ago | 0 comments
I have never seen Latin@ at all (but I also do not speak Spanish). Is that a common a/o replacement?
I find it interesting that the Hispanic LGBTQ+ community would use LatinX. How is this even pronounced in Spanish? Latin-equis? Or is it the English Latin-ex?
[–] wolvoleo 2 days ago
[–] elondaits 2 days ago
You can pronounce it as “Latine”:
[–] dpark 2 days ago
But then why not just write “Latine”?
[–] elondaits 1 day ago
Because there are consonants that change their sound before an “e”. So, say, the word “chicos” (boys) and “chicas” (girls) should be written as “chiques” in neutral because the c sounds like an s and not like a k with an e in front… but “chiques” doesn’t look like “chicos”… visually it’s not recognizable… while “chicxs” is much easier to parse. So that's why some people prefer the neutral to be written with an x.
Like I said nobody pronounces either option because it's unpronounceable. That's why the 'e' is a better option IMO.