
There’s also those who say the first two syllables in Spanish, La-TIN-ex. UrbanDictionary and GoogleAnswers mention that it is also called the 'amphora'. If you would like to mention the symbol by name, ampersat seems to be the most easily recognized among its many names. The seemingly more ubiquitous Latin-ex, Luh-TEEN-ex (Elena’s preferred way), and Lah-TINKS (rhymes with sphinx). The at sign ( ), also called the ampersat, apetail, arroba, atmark, acosta, at symbol, commercial at, curlat or monkey tail. But as Vanessa Erazo, Remezcla’s film editor, tweeted, there are at least three different ways to say the term in English. In the many Latinx explainer articles published, the writer says the term is pronounced Latin-ex, with a soft T. (ICYMI, Elena used the word repeatedly over the season.) As Latinx gains momentum, some reiterate that their biggest gripe with the word is pronunciation, and the second season of One Day at a Time reminded us that not everyone says the word quite the same way. And though is a workaround to that issue, the term defines only masculine and feminine identities, excluding those that identify as agender, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, gender questioning, nonbinary, and genderqueer.

For example, if one man joins a crowd made up entirely of women, they collectively become Latinos, which shows an unfair bias toward the male gender. While created as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino and Latina, some believe that Latino already does an effective job at grouping a large number of men and women with Latin American origins.
