WtfEvenIsExistence1️ to [email protected]English • 2 years agoEnglish Language Problemslemmy.caimagemessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1981cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareN-E-Nlinkfedilink34•2 years agoHonestly I wish English was less gendered than it is. E.g. Nephew/Niece, why is there no proper gender-neutral one. This isn’t just for LGBTQ stuff, just seems silly to have everything gendered in general
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoEnglish lost its genders pretty much by accident.
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoMy language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.
minus-squareN-E-Nlinkfedilink15•2 years agoFair enough, learn a new thing each day haha Altho I think it still says something about how we use English that I don’t think I’ve ever heard that used
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoPibling (parent-sibling). Spanish speakers also have Titi (combining tio and Tia) and Italians (but NOT French) can use Zizi. There’s also Unty and Auncle. I like Piblings though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years ago but NOT French What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoThe Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoOh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoAgree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoIt’s also fairly recently either created or revived largely by nonbinary folks
minus-squaredarqlinkfedilink6•2 years agoNibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoA cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThe gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoWe have a pretty good genderless pronoun, but have also decided that to not assign a gender to a person makes them not human. I’ve been hoping we’d challenge that preconception. Anyone can call me, “it”, anytime.
minus-squareN-E-Nlinkfedilink1•2 years agoI call animals “it” sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao
Honestly I wish English was less gendered than it is.
E.g. Nephew/Niece, why is there no proper gender-neutral one. This isn’t just for LGBTQ stuff, just seems silly to have everything gendered in general
English lost its genders pretty much by accident.
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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
My language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.
See: Nibling
Sounds delicious…
Fair enough, learn a new thing each day haha
Altho I think it still says something about how we use English that I don’t think I’ve ever heard that used
Pibling (parent-sibling). Spanish speakers also have Titi (combining tio and Tia) and Italians (but NOT French) can use Zizi.
There’s also Unty and Auncle. I like Piblings though.
What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?
The Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
Zizi is French slang for “penis”
Oh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
Agree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
It’s also fairly recently either created or revived largely by nonbinary folks
Nibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
nunt?
Aunticle
What did you call me?
Pibling!
Nibbler?
There is: cousin
A cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid
The gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
We have a pretty good genderless pronoun, but have also decided that to not assign a gender to a person makes them not human. I’ve been hoping we’d challenge that preconception. Anyone can call me, “it”, anytime.
Based, I feel the same
I call animals “it” sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao