• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You can tell us what you’d like us to call you. That’s referred to as your “Name”. You can leave the rest of the language alone. You don’t get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc. I’ll call you Mrs. I’ll call you Mr. But the rest, nuh uh.

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      3 months ago

      Culture War aside, that’s not how language works. You have as much understanding to the history of language as you have basic dignity to other human beings.