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There is such a push in French, works fine with some words, much less with others. A much more ridiculous one is to change the word endings to reflect gender n
by fork1 6y ago
There is such a push in French, works fine with some words, much less with others.
A much more ridiculous one is to change the word endings to reflect gender neutrality. You're supposed to write both endings separated with dots.
"Chers lecteurs", a group plural, so like in all latin languages you default to neutral (ie masculine), becomes "Cher·e·s lecteur·rice·s".
It makes text nearly unreadable.
Spanish equivalent would be :
"Querid·o·a·s lector·e·a·s"
- pseudalopex 6y agoQuerides lectores would be an option for Spanish.
- fork1 6y agoLectores is still a masculine. And it doesn't work for "Lectores!".
- pseudalopex 6y agoPeople who advocate that convention don't seem to mind some of the gender neutral plurals are the same as the masculine plurals.