Biology ruleslrpnk.netimage Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 4 days ago message-square47fedilinkarrow-up1530
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minus-square elidoz ( @elidoz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink5•edit-24 days agocounterpoint: man and men, just like woman and women sound the same when speaking male and males, female and females is clearer
minus-square xkbx ( @xkbx@startrek.website ) linkfedilink39•4 days agoJust say menses and womenses when in the plural
minus-square unexposedhazard ( @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink20•4 days agoGollum speak nice
minus-square Mossy Feathers (They/Them) ( @MossyFeathers@pawb.social ) linkfedilink8•4 days agoI love this. I might actually start doing this unironically.
minus-square Jojo, Lady of the West ( @Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink6•4 days agoLol, menses.
minus-square elidoz ( @elidoz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink5•4 days agoI’m sorry, but I did the thing where I write a comment and then delete it because I assume no one cares about my opinion since you replied though, I should make it clear what I said to give context I said that man and men, as well as woman and women, sound the same when speaking. male and males, female and females, make a clearer distinction
minus-square Emily (she/her) ( @EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink17•4 days agocounterpoint: I don’t want you to call me female or male. Creeps call me female and bigots call me male.
minus-square pmc ( @pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink8•4 days agohow do you pronounce man/men/woman/women? man and men might be confusable but woman and women are very different pronunciations
minus-square TwilightKiddy ( @TwilightKiddy@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-24 days agoIsn’t it /mæn/ and /mɛn/, /ˈwʊm ən/ and /ˈwɪm ɪn/? Can be a bit hard to differenciate in the first case, but the second pair is very different.
counterpoint:
man and men, just like woman and women sound the same when speaking
male and males, female and females is clearer
Just say menses and womenses when in the plural
Gollum speak nice
I love this. I might actually start doing this unironically.
Lol, menses.
I’m sorry, but I did the thing where I write a comment and then delete it because I assume no one cares about my opinion
since you replied though, I should make it clear what I said to give context
I said that man and men, as well as woman and women, sound the same when speaking. male and males, female and females, make a clearer distinction
counterpoint:
I don’t want you to call me female or male. Creeps call me female and bigots call me male.
how do you pronounce man/men/woman/women? man and men might be confusable but woman and women are very different pronunciations
Enunciate.
Isn’t it /mæn/ and /mɛn/, /ˈwʊm ən/ and /ˈwɪm ɪn/? Can be a bit hard to differenciate in the first case, but the second pair is very different.