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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoFirst of all tables are male, and secondly at least we spell things close to how they are pronounced in german
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoIn Italian tables are gender fluid. You can have “la tavola” e “il tavolo”. Surfing? It’s a female: la tavola da surf. Eating? Male: il tavolo. Table as a metonymy for eating: la tavola (WTF?!)
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoWhat’s worse is that even in languages with common ancestry, the gendered pronouns are not necessarily the same - the same thing can be male or female across a border.
First of all tables are male, and secondly at least we spell things close to how they are pronounced in german
In Italian tables are gender fluid. You can have “la tavola” e “il tavolo”.
Surfing? It’s a female: la tavola da surf.
Eating? Male: il tavolo.
Table as a metonymy for eating: la tavola (WTF?!)
What’s worse is that even in languages with common ancestry, the gendered pronouns are not necessarily the same - the same thing can be male or female across a border.