It's pronounced Latinx. A thread.
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And how about Amigx? A-MEE-gecks?
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I tend to use that word in Spanish and pronounce it "a-MEE-ges," which is how I first heard it.
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So why not just amiges and make the pronunciation way less confusing?
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Because that’s not how the letter e is pronounced in spanish.
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This is a good question, Stefan! Some people do, in fact, spell it that was in Spanish. It’s just that I personally have seen amigxs a lot longer in Spanish (and in Portuguese, which I’m not getting into for now).
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I've always seen it written as "amigxs" or "amig@s" but it is usually pronounced "amigues" (the u is there for phonetical reasons, so that the g sounds the same). That x is very difficult to pronounce.
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yeah I couldn't find any other Spanish words where x is pronounced like ue in Spanish or e in English so it seems like a whole new interpretation is needed for latinx/amigxs to catch on...
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Hmm. So, there are *lots* of pronunciations for x; as a Spanish language speaker I’m letting you know that a lot of Spanish language speakers who do use the word and pronounce it as “ah-MEE-guess.”
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So like la-TEEN-ecks?
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Same... la-TEEN-ex, and I say the “la” with the same “a” as “ma” or “pa” (not the same “a” as, for example, “last”)
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Thank you! I'd been pronouncing it la-TEEN-ex, but heard someone say la-tinks recently & wanted to track down if both were in use or not. I appreciate your (pl.) guidance!
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Thank you for taking the time to explain and for sharing that whole thread!
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That is very interesting, mad at myself for not noticing that, although why would I when my hs Spanish classes were a joke. Interestingly the usual problem pronouncing Japanese words by Americans is that they often stress none of the syllables. Ask an American to say Hiroshima.
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so do Latinxs and amigxs rhyme with kleenex? asking for a friend making a mixtape. and thank you for the crash course for non-speakers
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A video/recording of the correct way to pronounce latinx would be helpful. I always read it in english as "lah-tinks" which I KNOW is 100% wrong, but my hazy memory of high school spanish just starts smoking and sparking and saying "does not compute." :(
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Thanks for this! It's a word I've never heard said out loud and I'd hate to butcher it.
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