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    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      4 年前

      why do you still say "german" then? serious question not trying to troll

      it seems like only POC cultures are subject to this sort of stuff. If you're going to have institutionalized gender neutral language, it should be applied to everyone IMO

      • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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        4 年前

        I only respond to concern trolling with pedantry, so here goes: "German" comes from "germanicus", so it doesn't have anything to do with gender.

        • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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          4 年前

          And which imperial power used the word "Germanicus"? It was the ancient Ropersons.

          • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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            4 年前

            First, nice Dennis Miller bit. Second, pedantry again, "romanus" literally means "of Rome", so again, the existence of the string "man" is not indicative of gender.

            • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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              4 年前

              I'm really tempted to make a bad "rom-anus" gag, because that's the level of discourse we're operating on right now. I can't think of a proper one though.