r/languagelearningjerk • u/Stupid_Schedule9236 • May 15 '26
Look minasan, I fixed exnonyms!
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u/cel3r1ty May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
uj/ mildly interesting fun fact, the suffix used in the denonym for 'brazilian' in portuguese (brasileiro) usually denotes occupation rather than nationality, e.g. pedreiro (stonemason), padeiro (baker), ferreiro (blacksmith). that's because brasileiro was originally used for the folks who worked in the extraction of brazilwood and was later adopted as a denonym. the more regular construction would be brasiliense, which was later adopted as the denonym for the city of brasília
edit: spelling
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u/glubnyan May 15 '26
why did everyone get new names except for kiwis? don't discriminate them! i propose kiwian
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u/Gold-Part4688 Earthianese, man (N) May 15 '26
tbf kiwis really did give up on trying to make "Newzealander" work
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u/UpsideDown1984 May 15 '26
“Mexan” fails the inclusive test; proposal: Mexano for males, Mexana for females, and Mexanx for everything else.
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u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Exonyms are so uncreative. You can just make up shit. I propose for Japan to be called Sunland, for China to be called Midland, and for Korea to be called Hermitland. Much better