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Languages and Linguistics

Old Crank

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4. Worse in German

Reply to Mike Nelson (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 3, 2023, 04:26 AM

Sep 2023

Male, female and neutral. Der, die, das, in nomimative... Jobs and professions are indicated with the suffix "in" for females. Professor, Professorin. Chef, Chefin. Nederland got rid of that a couple of hundred years ago.

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'Latinx': Why do many Hispanics hate the term? [View all] Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 OP

Ethnic groups define themselves the way they prefer. brush Sep 2023 #1

Hmm... Mike Nelson Sep 2023 #2

Worse in German Old Crank Sep 2023 #4

I think it's because Spanish relies heavily on "gendered" nouns and adjectives TlalocW Sep 2023 #3

excellent response Skittles Sep 2023 #5

I'm on DuoLingo as well TlalocW Sep 2023 #16

sweet! Skittles Sep 2023 #17

I use Duolingo too. Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 #18

well the next language I thought of was Norwegian Skittles Sep 2023 #19

I have done that too. Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 #20

and Yiddish too Skittles Sep 2023 #21

It's an agreement class. Igel Sep 2023 #22

i speak a little, and i live in a very mexicano hood. mopinko Sep 2023 #9

I'm not sure so much on "hard things" are male, etc. TlalocW Sep 2023 #15

Because the term did not originate within the Hispanic community. I got an earful from Denver to hlthe2b Sep 2023 #6

I knew it roscoeroscoe Sep 2023 #7

What's wrong with the term "Latin"? Is that too associated with stereotypes ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2023 #8

The controversy is over "LatinX" NOT LATIN hlthe2b Sep 2023 #10

Well, DUHH! I'm asking why people don't still use "Latin", like they used to! nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2023 #12

They do. Latino, Latina, Latin are all terms used in lieu of Hispanic and not controversial. hlthe2b Sep 2023 #13

Maybe latinos haven't integrated the term because they aren't as hung up Baitball Blogger Sep 2023 #11

Neo-colonialist claptrap bigmonkey Sep 2023 #14