OneMeaningManyNames to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoA resemblance often neglectedlemmy.mlimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1199
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minus-square@hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish23•10 months agoAlso Finns. We have perfectly gender neutral pronouns but we prefer to use “it” instead
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink5•edit-210 months agoIn Dutch “they/them” is “zij”. Which is very annoying, because “she” is also “zij”. Which means the Dutch genderless pronoun has mostly become “hen”, which is “them” in the dative (3rd) case, which is only rarely used otherwise, and thus available.
minus-square@cheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoMade me remember the “je, tu, il, elle, nous-vous-ils-elles” french educational song ha
Also Finns. We have perfectly gender neutral pronouns but we prefer to use “it” instead
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In Dutch “they/them” is “zij”. Which is very annoying, because “she” is also “zij”.
Which means the Dutch genderless pronoun has mostly become “hen”, which is “them” in the dative (3rd) case, which is only rarely used otherwise, and thus available.
Made me remember the “je, tu, il, elle, nous-vous-ils-elles” french educational song ha
Unless we’re talking about pets, funny enough.