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English Language Problems (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (21 children)

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

[–] Declamatie@mander.xyz -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is: cousin

[–] raven_sushi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

A cousin is your aunt/uncle's kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling's kid

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