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GP pointed out that GP made up a (diminutive-sounding) word that isn’t even a word just to highlight the completely irrelevant fact that the article was written
by cimmanom 8y ago
GP pointed out that GP made up a (diminutive-sounding) word that isn’t even a word just to highlight the completely irrelevant fact that the article was written by a woman, and you think the problem is that English language pronouns are gendered?
- 0db532a0 8y agoMy point is that such discussions are subjective, inconsequential and also irrelevant to the topic. Most commenters on HN would mention the ‘tangential/orthogonal’ nature of a similarly irrelevant comment. The Turkish language has no indication of gender in pronouns or suffixes. My claim is that if English were the same, commenters like above would comment less. HN isn’t a political platform. People come here for information and discussion on relevant topics.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago> HN isn’t a political platform. And calling out bad grammar is not political. (However unhelpful it may be.)