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Female only language

 
 
sleazenation
13:38 / 18.04.02
Efforts made to save female only language

I'm not sure what i think about this story, but it certainly interesting part of the debate on gender and language...

what do you guys think?
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
13:47 / 18.04.02
I sometimes wonder whether attempts to influence language directly like this are a bit like genetic engineering without a clear idea of how genes interact. If you switch off the gene which makes someone an asshole, do you get Nietsche's Superman or beachcombers from Goonhillis with webbed feet?

Still, I hate the idea of a rare and culturally fascinating phenom like this just dropping out of sight for ever.
 
 
The Monkey
15:16 / 18.04.02
Of course, the sad thing is what does the language become when framed into a museum rather than used in pratice? Sort of like a butterfly with a pin through it.

And I must admit that I find this ironic, given China's efforts for the past 5o years to stamp out Sino-Tibetan languages and dialects that weren't Putonghua (Mandarin).
 
  
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