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- nyt_gift_articles
La obsesión de EE. UU. con el aguacate está acabando con los bosques mexicanos La deforestación ilegal para cultivar el preciado fruto apunta a un comercio sangriento de exportación que involucra amenazas, secuestros y asesinatos.
What is up with “Estados Unidos” being “EE. UU.”? Is this like that weird rule in Latin anatomy?
Yes, I think it comes from the same rule. Estados Unidos is plural, so the abbreviation is doubled single letters. Sometimes English does this too (pp. for pages or §§ for sections). There are other examples in Spanish too.
I don’t know what its origin is (maybe a native speaker can weigh in) but it’s standard.
indicates plural
I know. Why keep this weird Latin rule?
Why not? Spanish comes from Latin.