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minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down8·2 years agoHonestly I wish English was less gendered than it is. E.g. Nephew/Niece, why is there no proper gender-neutral one. This isn’t just for LGBTQ stuff, just seems silly to have everything gendered in general
minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·2 years agoFair enough, learn a new thing each day haha Altho I think it still says something about how we use English that I don’t think I’ve ever heard that used
minus-squareSilentletter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoAgree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s also fairly recently either created or revived largely by nonbinary folks
minus-squarejasondj@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoPibling (parent-sibling). Spanish speakers also have Titi (combining tio and Tia) and Italians (but NOT French) can use Zizi. There’s also Unty and Auncle. I like Piblings though.
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years ago but NOT French What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoOh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
minus-squarespauldo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThe Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoNibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
minus-squareSolarNialamide@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoMy language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.
minus-squaredanielton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoEnglish lost its genders pretty much by accident.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 years agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/bKaVI-IStNE Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThe gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
minus-squareMrSqueezles@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWe have a pretty good genderless pronoun, but have also decided that to not assign a gender to a person makes them not human. I’ve been hoping we’d challenge that preconception. Anyone can call me, “it”, anytime.
minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI call animals “it” sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao
minus-squareraven_sushi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoA cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid
Honestly I wish English was less gendered than it is.
E.g. Nephew/Niece, why is there no proper gender-neutral one. This isn’t just for LGBTQ stuff, just seems silly to have everything gendered in general
See: Nibling
Nibbler?
Fair enough, learn a new thing each day haha
Altho I think it still says something about how we use English that I don’t think I’ve ever heard that used
Agree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
It’s also fairly recently either created or revived largely by nonbinary folks
Pibling (parent-sibling). Spanish speakers also have Titi (combining tio and Tia) and Italians (but NOT French) can use Zizi.
There’s also Unty and Auncle. I like Piblings though.
What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?
Zizi is French slang for “penis”
Oh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
The Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
Nibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
nunt?
What did you call me?
Aunticle
Pibling!
Sounds delicious…
My language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.
English lost its genders pretty much by accident.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/bKaVI-IStNE
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
The gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
We have a pretty good genderless pronoun, but have also decided that to not assign a gender to a person makes them not human. I’ve been hoping we’d challenge that preconception. Anyone can call me, “it”, anytime.
Based, I feel the same
I call animals “it” sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao
There is: cousin
A cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid