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Interesting! I've had Chinese people ask me why they're called "Chinese" in English, with a strong suspicion that it's some kind of racist diminutive. I was abl
by girzel 9y ago
Interesting! I've had Chinese people ask me why they're called "Chinese" in English, with a strong suspicion that it's some kind of racist diminutive. I was able to come up with the analogous "Portuguese" to show that it's not just them, but being able to at least say it's French in origin should help further.
- zumu 9y agoSome more ammo for you: Viennese, Milanese, Maltese, Faroese. '-ese' is also used heavily in Italian.
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- krallja 9y agoVietnamese, Japanese, Javanese, Senegalese
- girzel 9y agoAh right! Part of it was that they suspected it was only used for Asian countries (Vietnamese, Japanese, etc), which is why I went straight for Portuguese. This is useful, thanks.