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minus-squareelidoz ( elidoz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agocounterpoint: man and men, just like woman and women sound the same when speaking male and males, female and females is clearer
minus-squarexkbx ( xkbx@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 years agoJust say menses and womenses when in the plural
minus-squareunexposedhazard ( unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years agoGollum speak nice
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/Her) ( MossyFeathers@pawb.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoI love this. I might actually start doing this unironically.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West ( Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoLol, menses.
minus-squareelidoz ( elidoz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years 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-squareEmily (she/her) ( EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agocounterpoint: I don’t want you to call me female or male. Creeps call me female and bigots call me male.
minus-squarepmc ( pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agohow do you pronounce man/men/woman/women? man and men might be confusable but woman and women are very different pronunciations
minus-squareTwilightKiddy ( TwilightKiddy@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years 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.