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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by OJFord on Friday October 01, 2021 @06:51AM (#28716779)
As in things like ~fireman~ -> fire*? How do you pronounce it?
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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by jamil7 on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:08AM (#28716885)
Basically you take the word stem, add the asterisk and then append the female ending, you pronounce it by putting a stop where the * is and then saying the feminine ending (at least that’s how I’ve seen it done). This probably wouldn’t work in French since they hate putting stops anywhere :)

Some info and alternatives here https://www.goethe.de/ins/th/en/m/spr/mag/21967217.html

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