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It isn’t. It’s a text comms phenomenon. I suppose there’s no reason it won’t hit a critical mass where people come up with a pronunciation like how “lol” or “pw

It isn’t. It’s a text comms phenomenon. I suppose there’s no reason it won’t hit a critical mass where people come up with a pronunciation like how “lol” or “pwn” crossed into verbal use, but it doesn’t have to to be a real part of internet/social media culture. Another example would be “periodt”. It’s social media phenomena. That you don’t or can’t use it verbally has no bearing on whether it has or can have traction online.

int_19h 4y ago
In US, the push for it is not constrained to text comms, though. After all, if gendering is offensive in writing, why wouldn't the same be offensive in speech? And if, say, we have something named "Latinx Community Center" or some such, at some point someone will have to figure out how to pronounce it, if only to ask people for directions.
- hombre_fatal 4y ago
  Maybe, but I’m not sure of your point beyond the fact that we can’t predict if or when or how culture will change. NPR already says “latin-ex”. Maybe that will catch on. Maybe it already has in the circles where it matters. But note that incredulity nor derision are evidence against cultural changes happening right before our eyes. At one point it was silly to pronounce “lol” or “pwn” and then five minutes later everyone was pronouncing them. There wasn’t some internet meeting to deliberate it, it just happened. I think that’s just how culture changes in general.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    I would be more interested in how the native Spanish speakers pronounce it, and whether or not they find it a bad fit for their language phonotactically.
    - hombre_fatal 4y ago
      I've heard x-neutered words, like "todxs", pronounced as "todes" using the -e neuter even though writing it with an "x" which is more popular than writing with -e. Or it's macro expanded into "todos and todas". But neither of these pronunciations even work on all words yet it still catches on. Though note that people who would do either may still be a small part of genpop, you can't miss it if you interact with younger (<40) people in latam metro centers, especially. In these convos, people are all too tempted to come up with logical reasons why "todxs" or "tod@s" cannot possibly catch on since it must surely offend the very nature of Spanish, yet that ship as already sailed. It still seems like you're trying to come at this from that angle which is why I'm trying to disabuse you of the notion. Fwiw, I don't like this trend. But my eagerness to see it die doesn't change the fact that the trend exists and is popular on latam social media among certain demographics.

int_19h 4y ago

In US, the push for it is not constrained to text comms, though. After all, if gendering is offensive in writing, why wouldn't the same be offensive in speech? And if, say, we have something named "Latinx Community Center" or some such, at some point someone will have to figure out how to pronounce it, if only to ask people for directions.

hombre_fatal 4y ago
Maybe, but I’m not sure of your point beyond the fact that we can’t predict if or when or how culture will change. NPR already says “latin-ex”. Maybe that will catch on. Maybe it already has in the circles where it matters. But note that incredulity nor derision are evidence against cultural changes happening right before our eyes. At one point it was silly to pronounce “lol” or “pwn” and then five minutes later everyone was pronouncing them. There wasn’t some internet meeting to deliberate it, it just happened. I think that’s just how culture changes in general.
- int_19h 4y ago
  I would be more interested in how the native Spanish speakers pronounce it, and whether or not they find it a bad fit for their language phonotactically.
  - hombre_fatal 4y ago
    I've heard x-neutered words, like "todxs", pronounced as "todes" using the -e neuter even though writing it with an "x" which is more popular than writing with -e. Or it's macro expanded into "todos and todas". But neither of these pronunciations even work on all words yet it still catches on. Though note that people who would do either may still be a small part of genpop, you can't miss it if you interact with younger (<40) people in latam metro centers, especially. In these convos, people are all too tempted to come up with logical reasons why "todxs" or "tod@s" cannot possibly catch on since it must surely offend the very nature of Spanish, yet that ship as already sailed. It still seems like you're trying to come at this from that angle which is why I'm trying to disabuse you of the notion. Fwiw, I don't like this trend. But my eagerness to see it die doesn't change the fact that the trend exists and is popular on latam social media among certain demographics.