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

• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t forget Englandic people.

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  • Pirky@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And Finnlandic

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    • Flummoxed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And Titanic! Wait… No.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah they’re Engl

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• teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So we should call them Ices from now on?

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  • Flummoxed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mmm… Icees…

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