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minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year 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-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-squarejasondj@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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-up2·1 year ago but NOT French What happens if they try? Do they go to jail or is it just a fine?
minus-squarespauldo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
minus-squareSilentletter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAgree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
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minus-squareraven_sushi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid
minus-squareMrSqueezles@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoI call animals “it” sometimes cause their sex is wildly irrelevant to me, and people get so offended lmao
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
minus-squareSolarNialamide@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMy language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.
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
Nibling is a great word. But we need a neutral version of aunt or uncle.
nunt?
Aunticle
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
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?
The Académie Française shows up and threatens your family.
Zizi is French slang for “penis”
Oh! Yeah, I guess calling your relatives that could become slightly problematic… 😂
Agree. Your point still stands. I just like that word.
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There is: cousin
A cousin is your aunt/uncle’s kid, a niece/nephew is your sibling’s kid
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
The gender neutral for nephew/niece is nibling
My language doesn’t even have a word for sibling which has annoyed me every since I learned English 15 years ago.