"Mainland"

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@Liam_Og

@OrangeOrganics

大陸 is the most politically neutral term. 中國， 中國大陸，內地 all have political baggage . Taiwanese are bored of this and don’t want anyone talking to them about politics.

in my experience 大陆 usually has pejorative connotations 内地 polite but not used much, and people also just say the province or city to skip the crap

The legal term is 大陸地區.

@epicphony

I talk to myself here. Maybe I am going mad. YOU CAN CALL IT MAINLAND IN THAT CONTEXT! Of course!
Let me give you example. I have a friend on Facebook who writes this: “I just got back to Taiwan from the Mainland…” She is Taiwanese.That is context. That has an implication that is not simple geography.

This could go on forever, like another thread I’m suddenly reminded of.

Usage of the word "America"

[color=#0000FF]Split from viewtopic.php?f=8&t=152595&start=10#p1709874[/color] For people from English-speaking countries, “America” universally means the USA. For people from Spanish-speaking countries, “America” universally means North and South America. That’s all there is to it.

I’ll say it again:
In the end, we are all displaced Pangaeans.