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[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

That only works in English sadly. The Spanish latino comes from the part of the Americas that spoke a Latin-based (romance) language. The Spanish Latín refers only to the language of Rome

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Good thing almost nobody speaks Latin today, so it should be pretty clear what the intended meaning is.

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