the other part is a person whom speaks english as a second language. Its not always a clear translation, particularly with English since the language is bastardised from many languages, and many “grammar rules” can be broken, by our own design.
It isn’t even incorrect English. If you look up female as a noun, in the dictionary it says:
female noun:
- An animal that can lay eggs or give birth to babies; a plant that can produce fruit
- (formal) a woman or a girl
As for why English has two words for it, it comes down to its mixed roots: female has a Latin root and came into the English language via French. It’s ultimately derived from femina, which is Latin for woman. The word woman comes from the proto-Germanic wiban, which originally means wive, which itself coincidentally has the same proto-Germanic root.
Cypher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oddly enough ESL speakers don’t make this mistake as often as native English speakers in my experience.
I say “a bit” because frankly reddit is not known for having reasonable mods.
I am a mod only because I started the Warhammer community but sadly I haven’t had the time to grow it and have failed to attract active users or volunteer mods.