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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by tptacek on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:31PM (#34852746)
I mostly associate screeching with owls and monkeys, neither of which are coded feminine.

To be clear (and conciliatory): I see how you connect the dots here. I just think you have to have your antennae extended extra high to pick this signal up, high enough that you'll need to be careful walking under overpasses and stuff.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by cozzyd on Saturday February 18, 2023 @10:51PM (#34854156)
While engaging in linguistic pedantry, antennae are for insects, antennas are for signals.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by tptacek on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:34PM (#34854442)
What the fuck

https://grammarist.com/usage/antennae-antennas/

I can't even.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by cozzyd on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:01AM (#34854624)
I only know this because I work with antennas a lot (and thankfully, never with antennae).
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by ilyt on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:29AM (#34856260)
Yeah, I think trying to "correct" such "uninclusive" speech is utter bullshit; 99.9% of the time it is just used to add some colour and flavour to the language used and not to disparage any group
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