Magicalus to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 1 month agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-square59fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down110file-text
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minus-square@jqubedlink6•1 month agoThank you for this; I was thinking expat would be closer to emigrant than immigrant. I associate expat and emigrant with describing where someone is from while immigrant describes where someone has arrived.
minus-square@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 month agoTo be an immigrant you must first be an emigrant. Emigrants leave their country, immigrants join a country.
Thank you for this; I was thinking expat would be closer to emigrant than immigrant. I associate expat and emigrant with describing where someone is from while immigrant describes where someone has arrived.
To be an immigrant you must first be an emigrant. Emigrants leave their country, immigrants join a country.