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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by emodendroket on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @08:48AM (#14695531)
In Spanish there's usuario and usuaria depending on the gender of the user.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by int_19h on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @06:28AM (#14701250)
You can technically construct a female-gendered noun for "user" in Russian as well - there's a generic construct for that - it just looks really awkward.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by emodendroket on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @07:46AM (#14701605)
I see. My sense is that the Spanish one is actually used if you do know the user is female, but of course most software doesn't know the gender and defaults to masculine form.
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