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minus-squareSoylentBlake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down5·edit-29 个月前Wait til they got told Mexico is in America, they’re gonna lose their shit. Like the USA owns the continent, pffh. The abbreviation for the US, due to what I think are dumb syntax rules in Spanish, is E.E.U.U. For reals. I know, right? But wait there’s more! Mexicos official name is the United States of Mexico, or Estados Unidos de México in Spanglish. And also in Spanish, I think
minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 个月前I think the official English version is actually United Mexican States.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 个月前EEUU makes sense when there’s also an EU.
minus-squareSoylentBlake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 个月前In Spanish, plurality in abbreviations is denoted by doubling up the letters; so (United States) Estados Unidos -> EEUU
Wait til they got told Mexico is in America, they’re gonna lose their shit.
Like the USA owns the continent, pffh.
The abbreviation for the US, due to what I think are dumb syntax rules in Spanish, is E.E.U.U.
For reals. I know, right?
But wait there’s more! Mexicos official name is the United States of Mexico, or Estados Unidos de México in Spanglish.
And also in Spanish, I think
I think the official English version is actually United Mexican States.
EEUU makes sense when there’s also an EU.
In Spanish, plurality in abbreviations is denoted by doubling up the letters; so (United States) Estados Unidos -> EEUU