Comment on What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Icelndese.

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  • lemmyng@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Icelandian.

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• Outsider9042@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Iceland = Icelandic

  Thailand != Thailandic

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  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thailand comes from adding the Germanic -land suffix to the demonym Thai, a common pattern for non-Indo-European places. There’s also Swaziland and Somaliland (though there is also a Somalia).

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  • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t forget Englandic people.

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    • Pirky@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And Finnlandic

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      • Flummoxed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And Titanic! Wait… No.

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah they’re Engl

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So we should call them Ices from now on?

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    • Flummoxed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mmm… Icees…

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• BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think I could get behind New Zealandic

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I believe they’re properly called New Zoolanders.

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  • synae@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As an outsider I’ll say that “Kiwi” is an awesome name for you folks.

    (hope I don’t assume too much based on the instance name)

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    • BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and is one that we are happy enough to use

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