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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoAlso Finns. We have perfectly gender neutral pronouns but we prefer to use “it” instead
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoMade me remember the “je, tu, il, elle, nous-vous-ils-elles” french educational song ha
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoIn Dutch “they/them” is “zij”. Which is very annoying, because “she” is also “zij”. Which means the Dutch genderless pronoun has mostly become “hen”, which is “them” in the dative (3rd) case, which is only rarely used otherwise, and thus available.
Also Finns. We have perfectly gender neutral pronouns but we prefer to use “it” instead
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Made me remember the “je, tu, il, elle, nous-vous-ils-elles” french educational song ha
In Dutch “they/them” is “zij”. Which is very annoying, because “she” is also “zij”.
Which means the Dutch genderless pronoun has mostly become “hen”, which is “them” in the dative (3rd) case, which is only rarely used otherwise, and thus available.
Unless we’re talking about pets, funny enough.