Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”

Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by mc32 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:31PM (#31086990)

It would actually be nice if Google Docs could keep the gender right in a sentence. Like if you say, Lucy, my landlord and the suggestion were to change it to Lucy, my landlady.

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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by metalliqaz on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:37PM (#31087081)

I swear to god I did not know 'landlord' is gendered, at least not in the modern context. Is this one of those "actor" vs "actress" things?

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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by mc32 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:44PM (#31087199)

I think it is like actor actress. Landlord can be inclusive (genderless/generic term) and used regardless of gender and is accepted use --but if you want to be specific you can use landlady.

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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by nullc on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:10PM (#31088349)

In american english it had become genderless, but that isn't acceptable to gender-existentialist that insist on forcefully assigning gendered interpretations to everything possible.

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