I still pronounce it as Eeeh Eeeh Uu Uu. Its just fun to say.
Comment on "United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym
paequ2@lemmy.today 2 days ago
In Spanish you can see EEUU for «Estados Unidos». The letters are doubled because they’re plural.
BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 1 day ago
AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’ve always wondered why spanish speakers online use EEUU for the US. I once asked a friend of mine and he said “that’s just the way it is”; this is a much better explanation lol
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
A bit like how we used to call the CCCP the USSR?
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The official name for the country was “Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas”, hence URSS
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You sure the official name wasn’t spelled in Cyrillic instead of Latin With Dumb Shit Over It?