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  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    wondering whats wrong in my gut. def something is off
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,967
    Tonight pj party in fucking buenos aires..
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    People are geographically ignorant...?
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    23scidoo said:

    Tonight pj party in fucking buenos aires..

    Have a fantastic time!
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  • justam
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    The weekend is almost here. :)
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
    No one uses that phrase except PJ.
    I think it's because saying "South America and Mexico" was too much. :lol:
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    edited November 2015
    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
    No one uses that phrase except PJ.
    I think it's because saying "South America and Mexico" was too much. :lol:
    Well I know Americans use the phrase 'Latinos', seemingly to refer to people of such nationalities, so there must be some origin to it. Seems fairly erroneous though it is acknowledged in OED

    OED: Latin America: those countries in Central and South America in which Spanish or Portuguese is the dominant language collectively

    Latin: Used as a designation for the European peoples which speak languages descended from Latin; often with implication of the erroneous notion that these peoples are of Roman descent. Also ellipt. for Latin American.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
    No one uses that phrase except PJ.
    I think it's because saying "South America and Mexico" was too much. :lol:
    Well I know Americans use the phrase 'Latinos', seemingly to refer to people of such nationalities, so there must be some origin to it. Seems fairly erroneous though it is acknowledged in OED

    OED: Latin America: those countries in Central and South America in which Spanish or Portuguese is the dominant language collectively

    Latin: Used as a designation for the European peoples which speak languages descended from Latin; often with implication of the erroneous notion that these peoples are of Roman descent. Also ellipt. for Latin American.
    Sorry hun I was just being funny. Yes, most of the people from Spanish speaking countries south of the US identify as Latinos. Tbh I've never heard of Brazilians identifying as Latino but I guess maybe. I was trying to avoid whitesplaining it though since there's plenty of people who know better than me lol.
    I don't think Americans use three phrase Latino. They call everyone Mexicans. :lol: (JOKE)
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
    No one uses that phrase except PJ.
    I think it's because saying "South America and Mexico" was too much. :lol:
    Well I know Americans use the phrase 'Latinos', seemingly to refer to people of such nationalities, so there must be some origin to it. Seems fairly erroneous though it is acknowledged in OED

    OED: Latin America: those countries in Central and South America in which Spanish or Portuguese is the dominant language collectively

    Latin: Used as a designation for the European peoples which speak languages descended from Latin; often with implication of the erroneous notion that these peoples are of Roman descent. Also ellipt. for Latin American.
    Sorry hun I was just being funny. Yes, most of the people from Spanish speaking countries south of the US identify as Latinos. Tbh I've never heard of Brazilians identifying as Latino but I guess maybe. I was trying to avoid whitesplaining it though since there's plenty of people who know better than me lol.
    I don't think Americans use three phrase Latino. They call everyone Mexicans. :lol: (JOKE)
    Well I never know what to believe as Americans and Europeans tend to see the world very differently ;)
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    Yeah, it's simply because the languages spoken are derived from Latin. The "romance languages". It's appropriate IMO.
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    edited November 2015
    PJ_Soul said:

    Yeah, it's simply because the languages spoken are derived from Latin. The "romance languages". It's appropriate IMO.

    Ah but so are Italian and many other languages, are people of such nationalities also to be referred to as Latino? Latin America makes sense to a point but Latino is pushing it a bit :) Guess it doesn't really matter, just a curiosity
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited November 2015
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Yeah, it's simply because the languages spoken are derived from Latin. The "romance languages". It's appropriate IMO.

    Ah but so are Italian and many other languages, are people of such nationalities also to be referred to as Latino? Latin America makes sense to a point but Latino is pushing it a bit :) Guess it doesn't really matter, just a curiosity
    Yeah, of course other languages are too. I don't think that makes any difference. There are different terms used to encapsulate all kinds of groups of people based on various factors. Nothing wrong with that.
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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    I hope there's no family conflict drama at my grandpa's funeral.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,460
    Just got my tickets to Star Wars. The dean and I requested off that day to go see it. Boom!!
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    InHiding80 said:

    I hope there's no family conflict drama at my grandpa's funeral.

    i have one of those families just great isnt it
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Just got my tickets to Star Wars. The dean and I requested off that day to go see it. Boom!!

    did you hear about the guy who was terminally ill and was sad bc he would not make the release of the film to see it ??
    well they did a special screening just for him.. i thought that was sweet..
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    wineday Friday!
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    ldent42 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    Jason P said:

    Why do we refer to every country south of the US as Latin America despite no one speaks Latin?

    Do Americans use that term 'Latin America'. I don't think Europeans use it
    No one uses that phrase except PJ.
    I think it's because saying "South America and Mexico" was too much. :lol:
    Well I know Americans use the phrase 'Latinos', seemingly to refer to people of such nationalities, so there must be some origin to it. Seems fairly erroneous though it is acknowledged in OED

    OED: Latin America: those countries in Central and South America in which Spanish or Portuguese is the dominant language collectively

    Latin: Used as a designation for the European peoples which speak languages descended from Latin; often with implication of the erroneous notion that these peoples are of Roman descent. Also ellipt. for Latin American.
    Sorry hun I was just being funny. Yes, most of the people from Spanish speaking countries south of the US identify as Latinos. Tbh I've never heard of Brazilians identifying as Latino but I guess maybe. I was trying to avoid whitesplaining it though since there's plenty of people who know better than me lol.
    I don't think Americans use three phrase Latino. They call everyone Mexicans. :lol: (JOKE)
    Well I never know what to believe as Americans and Europeans tend to see the world very differently ;)
    Um ok not sure what that's supposed to mean but someone from Colombia calling themselves Latino is the same thing as someone from Italy calling themselves European. Like no one calls themselves south American or north American or central American. You can be Colombian and Latino just like you can be Italian and European. That's all.
    I really do think PJ just used that phrase to avoid "....And Mexico"
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