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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).
by barbazoo 1y ago
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).
- soulofmischief 1y agoWhat's wrong with a standardized vernacular or domain-specific language?
- cyral 1y agoThis particular one gives the opposite meaning to anyone unfamiliar with the term
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- otterley 1y agoMany 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English