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• lemann@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I got curious after reading this, and had a mess around in a translator with various words used to address ladies in different languages.

  For french at least, “Woman” turned into “Wife”, but “Females” stayed the same. Assuming the translator I used is any good, I can see there why a french speaker would call a lady “Female” instead of “Woman”

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, why would you try to translate “femelle” instead of “femme” from french to English?

    Am I missing something?

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  • Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Femme is woman, not female

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  • TheThirdAccount@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same in Dutch and I believe German as well.

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    • bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In german “Frau” can translate to woman or wife

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• Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  English is my second language and man and woman is taught earlier than male and female

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  • Mang@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not saying which is taught earlier, I’m just saying that people may get confused by the difference and use term native speakers cosider derogatory.

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    • Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tbh my language is even more specific

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• sneezycat@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think “men” and “women” are taught waaaaay before “male” and “female”.

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