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minus-squareDragon "Rider"(drag)linkfedilinkEnglish3•6 hours agoHunter, huntress, huntsman Waiter, waitress, waitsman Actor, actress, actsman
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 hours agoNobody says waitman or actsman. I had to fight my phone’s autocorrect just to type those.
minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlinkEnglish2•edit-238 minutes agoNo one uses Wifman and Werman anymore either. Doesn’t make them any less some of the last gendered nouns for humans, in English, since if one goes back that far man is neutral gendered, and while woman exists, it’s for a woman that is a spinster.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 hours agoConsider that German and French gender basically everything. Your desk has a gender in those languages. English is almost genderless on comparison.
Hunter, huntress, huntsman
Waiter, waitress, waitsman
Actor, actress, actsman
Nobody says waitman or actsman. I had to fight my phone’s autocorrect just to type those.
No one uses Wifman and Werman anymore either. Doesn’t make them any less some of the last gendered nouns for humans, in English, since if one goes back that far man is neutral gendered, and while woman exists, it’s for a woman that is a spinster.
Consider that German and French gender basically everything. Your desk has a gender in those languages. English is almost genderless on comparison.