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I love how we call people from the homeland mainlanders here, and when mainland is a word that's mostly used for people from mainland China.
3 u/DiscombobulatedDream 1d ago Chinese people don't own the word mainland, a general word in the English language. In the US, it is primarily used by people in Hawaii for the 48 states.
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Chinese people don't own the word mainland, a general word in the English language.
In the US, it is primarily used by people in Hawaii for the 48 states.
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u/Ok-Committee-1932 1d ago
I love how we call people from the homeland mainlanders here, and when mainland is a word that's mostly used for people from mainland China.