[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish

[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German

[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese

What rule is at play here? 🤔

Cheers!

    • @RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      Only in the same way Australia -> Aussie, or England -> pom. Colloquial terms

      • @master5o1@lemmy.nz
        1•1 year ago

        When does a colloquial term become a non-colloquial? Usage by government/official contexts?

        In August 2022, Minister of Immigration Michael Wood referred to 85,000 holders of recently approved New Zealand 2021 resident visas as “new Kiwis”.