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Im surprised they mention Japanese and not Thai, were the difference between gender dialects is more distinct.
by 3np 5y ago
Im surprised they mention Japanese and not Thai, were the difference between gender dialects is more distinct.
- yorwba 5y agoJapanese has greater cultural clout. There are probably more English speakers who know "konnichiwa" and vaguely recall hearing that men and women speak differently in Japanese, than English speakers who can recognize "sawatdee krap/ka" as a Thai greeting, let alone tell you which ending is used by female speakers and which by male ones.
- hawk_ 5y agoNot an exhaustive list there by any means. For example Hindi and many other languages from the subcontinent are spoken differently based in the speaker's gender, although not as pronounced a difference as to call them separate "dialects".
- moffkalast 5y agoI'm surprised nobody has so far mentioned how blatantly sexist the whole thing is, in the age of feminists endlessly arguing about the smallest pointless thing.