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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by mojuba on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:03AM (#29538527)
Even as a non-native English speaker I can tell you off the top of my head: "lovely" in the American culture is predominantly used by women (though in the British culture exceptions can be made more often). But I'm sure there are a lot of more subtle differences too.
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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by kwhitefoot on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:27AM (#29541061)
British culture is very much not homogeneous in this regard. The use of words like lovely probably tells a British speaker more about the geographical origin of the speaker than their sex.
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