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Hard time to be non-binary Spanish person (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 hours 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.