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[–] ndru@lemmy.world 120 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When native English speakers complain that changing pronouns is too hard 🧐

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

man I have that issue but it's not (just) me being an asshole I actually just suck at remembering that people have transitioned

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best move I ever made was leaving for college and coming back with tits. That shock stuck in my friends heads

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Home-grown or store-bought?

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

β€œIf you can’t grow your own, store bought is fine.”

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[–] MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wish it were that easy in German!

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Old English used to have feminine, masculine and neuter like most of the other Germanic languages, but we lost it for various historical reasons.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The reasons: it's dumb

Embrace the THE

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[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Are there any spanish people? Is it based on person's gender or the following word's gender?

e.g. in Russian, "nebinarniy chelovek" means nonbinary human but in male declension because the word human itself is male, and "nebinarnaya persona" is female because the word person is female. We also have "nebimarnoye litso" where "litso" is face or a person and it's a third gender literally called soulless and beloved by police and lawyers because its dehumanizing

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Interesting! It's based on the subject's gender. In spanish, human is male and person is female as well, but we don't have a third gender.

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[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

They got us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Imagine all the annoyances we'd solve if we made languages less gendered (including English)

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