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Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by wolvoleo on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @05:39AM (#50256599)
Ah I have to say I'm not reading much official media in Spanish, perhaps the media is taking up these terms faster. But I see x and @ in official event posters too.

But my friends and in the LGBT+ communities chat groups I only see people using the x and @.

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by dpark on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:09AM (#50259640)
I have never seen Latin@ at all (but I also do not speak Spanish). Is that a common a/o replacement?

I find it interesting that the Hispanic LGBTQ+ community would use LatinX. How is this even pronounced in Spanish? Latin-equis? Or is it the English Latin-ex?

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by wolvoleo on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @11:17AM (#50260641)
Yes in my scene @ and x are both common. I like the @ option.

Like I said nobody pronounces either option because it's unpronounceable. That's why the 'e' is a better option IMO.

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by elondaits on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @12:53PM (#50262035)
You can pronounce it as “Latine”:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261926

Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by dpark on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @03:34PM (#50264554)
But then why not just write “Latine”?
Re:Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of it... by elondaits on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @07:18AM (#50271773)
Because there are consonants that change their sound before an “e”. So, say, the word “chicos” (boys) and “chicas” (girls) should be written as “chiques” in neutral because the c sounds like an s and not like a k with an e in front… but “chiques” doesn’t look like “chicos”… visually it’s not recognizable… while “chicxs” is much easier to parse. So that's why some people prefer the neutral to be written with an x.