Re:Statement Regarding Misleading Media Reports
by barbazoo on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:07PM
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People love their ingroup terminology and quirks. Like that a power cable connecting the RV is a shoreline (eyeroll) and that ships are female (double eyeroll).
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Re:Statement Regarding Misleading Media Reports
by soulofmischief on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:14PM
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What's wrong with a standardized vernacular or domain-specific language?
Re:Statement Regarding Misleading Media Reports
by cyral on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:17PM
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This particular one gives the opposite meaning to anyone unfamiliar with the term
Re:Statement Regarding Misleading Media Reports
by otterley on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:45PM
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Many languages use gendered nouns today including German and Spanish; the few remaining in English are a holdover from centuries past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English