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[โ€“] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"does not have to be clearly masculine or feminine, as was the case until 2008, but may also be neutral."

If my child is a boy, I will name him fish. If a girl, Fishwife. If non-binary or it doesn't like the other names, scaly skin.

[โ€“] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 3 points 3 days ago

(just in case people misunderstand and think I'm making a more pointed attack than I really am, I'm just making a reference to the 1880 essay "The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain)

https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html