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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Honestly I wish English was less gendered than it is.

E.g. Nephew/Niece, why is there no proper gender-neutral one. This isn't just for LGBTQ stuff, just seems silly to have everything gendered in general

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fair enough, learn a new thing each day haha

Altho I think it still says something about how we use English that I don't think I've ever heard that used

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Agree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s also fairly recently either created or revived largely by nonbinary folks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pibling (parent-sibling). Spanish speakers also have Titi (combining tio and Tia) and Italians (but NOT French) can use Zizi.

There’s also Unty and Auncle. I like Piblings though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

but NOT French

What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zizi is French slang for “penis”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic.. 😂

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

What did you call me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds delicious...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

English lost its genders pretty much by accident.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My language doesn't even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have a pretty good genderless pronoun, but have also decided that to not assign a gender to a person makes them not human. I've been hoping we'd challenge that preconception. Anyone can call me, "it", anytime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I call animals "it" sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Based, I feel the same

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A cousin is your aunt/uncle's kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling's kid