▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) Baguettes are distinctly penis shaped, so the French are just wrong about that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Spoilt@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Does this mean i'm gay ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not in itself but it is another data point for the theory. I suggest testing in controlled conditions many times despite it being a pain in the ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Ah the double entendre! Nicely done lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* Just wait to learn how we gender "dick" and "cunt" in French (hint: it's not the way you'd think). It's the one thing people who aren't fluent in a gendered language usually fail to grasp: Grammatical gender is in most situations completely separate from social gender. The grammatical gender in "une bite" has absolutely no social function and is not in any way contradictory to its traditionally opposite social gender. Ironically it's also why using the wrong grammatical gender feels so wrong/unnatural to a native speaker (not that it's an excuse to be a dick to non-native speakers ofc): gender is not just "a social concept attached to a word", it is an inherent property of the word that matters fundamentally to sentence structure and so misusing it throws everything off-balance. Francophones will much sooner accept someone close to them being trans than baguettes being male, and this is not a hyperbole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spoilt@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Does this mean i'm gay ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not in itself but it is another data point for the theory. I suggest testing in controlled conditions many times despite it being a pain in the ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Ah the double entendre! Nicely done lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not in itself but it is another data point for the theory. I suggest testing in controlled conditions many times despite it being a pain in the ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Ah the double entendre! Nicely done lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Ah the double entendre! Nicely done lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* Just wait to learn how we gender "dick" and "cunt" in French (hint: it's not the way you'd think). It's the one thing people who aren't fluent in a gendered language usually fail to grasp: Grammatical gender is in most situations completely separate from social gender. The grammatical gender in "une bite" has absolutely no social function and is not in any way contradictory to its traditionally opposite social gender. Ironically it's also why using the wrong grammatical gender feels so wrong/unnatural to a native speaker (not that it's an excuse to be a dick to non-native speakers ofc): gender is not just "a social concept attached to a word", it is an inherent property of the word that matters fundamentally to sentence structure and so misusing it throws everything off-balance. Francophones will much sooner accept someone close to them being trans than baguettes being male, and this is not a hyperbole. permalink fedilink source parent