financial compensation

[kijetesantakalu042]

Yeah bro but these other languages don't even have he or she, literally your only option is "they"

I am saying it would make things easier

But some people are more comfortable are more comfy with he or she.

 

[x65943]

But some people are more comfortable are more comfy with he or she.

Next you're gonna tell me you wish English had active, middle, and passive voice constructions, reduplication, honorifics and a whole host of other confusing grammar horrors because they are comfy

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

Next you're gonna tell me you wish English had active, middle, and passive voice constructions, reduplication, honorifics and a whole host of other confusing grammar horrors because they are comfy

As a linguist, no, but gender is a real thing and even if it isn't, it societally exists so we need words for it.

 

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[x65943]

As a linguist, no, but gender is a real thing and even if it isn't, it societally exists so we need words for it.

We actually don't need those pronouns

As I said in China and Iran those words don't even exist

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

We actually don't need those pronouns

As I said in China and Iran those words don't even exist

Reforming language only ever makes things worse

 

[Veho]

As a linguist, no, but gender is a real thing and even if it isn't, it societally exists so we need words for it.

I'm sorry, gender says linguistics are a female field of study and that you are trans-something or other for dabbling in that field. Select a new pronoun for yourself.

 

[x65943]

Reforming language only ever makes things worse

So you think th Latinx thing is worse?

And I never said we need to necessarily reform it but I said I wish we had a great pronoun like ta

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

And I never said we need to necessarily reform it but I said I wish we had a great pronoun like ta

They

 

[x65943]

They

Yeah I wish we used they at all times

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

Yeah I wish we used they at all times

But most people are fine with using he/she, you're the only one having a problem here.

 

[PrincessLillie]

I've been diagnosed, where's my compensation? I accept PayPal, CoinSquirt, FundThrust... I can't accept direct deposit unless the funds are glarded, as my account is currently in a tax clode.

(This is a reference for a very specific audience)

 

[x65943]

But most people are fine with using he/she, you're the only one having a problem here.

You're being disingenuous here

I never said I had a problem with it

Gendered language is just clunky and not elegant - and I wish our language was more analytical than it is (synthetic languages are also harder for learners)

I am happy English doesn't have as much of it (gendered language) as Spanish or other romance languages, or Greek etc

If I had to call something omorfi for a woman and omorfos for a man, and every other adjective under the sun it would get old fast

 

[x65943]

I've been diagnosed, where's my compensation? I accept PayPal, CoinSquirt, FundThrust... I can't accept direct deposit unless the funds are glarded, as my account is currently in a tax clode.

(This is a reference for a very specific audience)

You have to call the lawyers in the OP

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

You're being disingenuous here

I never said I had a problem with it

Gendered language is just clunky and not elegant - and I wish our language was more analytical than it is (synthetic languages are also harder for learners)

I am happy English doesn't have as much of it (gendered language) as Spanish or other romance languages, or Greek etc

If I had to call something omorfi for a woman and omorfos for a man, and every other adjective under the sun it would get old fast

Isn't english analytic. It only has a couple of cases. It's atleast on the analytical end.

 

[x65943]

Isn't english analytic. It only has a couple of cases. It's atleast on the analytical end.

It's more analytical than French, Spanish etc

Much less so than chinese

We still have BS like plural nouns (ox, oxen etc) past tense verbs (run, ran), gerunds (run, running) pronoun case (i, me, my etc), gendered titles (actor, actress) the list actually goes on and on and Chinese lacks every piece of all that bullshit

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

It's more analytical than French, Spanish etc

Much less so than chinese

We still have BS like plural nouns (ox, oxen etc) past tense verbs (run, ran), gerunds (run, running) pronoun case (i, me, my etc), gendered titles (actor, actress) the list actually goes on and on and Chinese lacks every piece of all that bullshit

Counterpoint: Chinese is chinese.

 

[x65943]

Counterpoint: Chinese is chinese.

yes, and they have a much more elegant language

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

yes, and they have a much more elegant language

Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.


Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.


Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.


Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.


Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.


Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.


Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.


Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.


Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.


Shì shì shì shì.

 

[x65943]

the poem is constructed to be confusing on purpose, and that's not how actual chinese is spoken or written at all

it reminds me of how people write "fish" as "ghoti" to showcase the horror of english phonics

In modern standard mandarin

石室詩士施氏 or Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì

would be

有一位住在石室里的诗人叫施氏 or Yǒu yíwèi zhù zài shíshì lǐ de shīrén jiào Shīshì