Comment on Gender neutral guide
affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 weeks agoThis does not work in German because fighter is gendered as male. We have Feuerwehrmann and Feuerwehrfrau. Correct gendering in German is (I say that as an older a male) a bit complicated and makes the sentences usually mich longer or sound weird.
There was a joke solution to this that I really liked: add a “y” to the end or all gendered words: Feuerwehry, Frisöry, Mitarbeity etc.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Degendering ala Phettberg may have started as a humours way toward gender neutral language, but it evolved IMHO into a serious way next to *, :, Innen.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I wasn’t aware but I like it. Makes everything sound cute.