yup, struggle session time

edit: no one is right, everyone is wrong :^)

edit 2: this post is actually dedicated to Amy Goodman, please stop trying to sound cool grandma

  • PzkM [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    Languages are real, they are really used by billions of people. Languages have broadly adhered-to grammatical rules so that mutual intelligibility is possible. Languages are arbitrary, but that doesn't mean that reform is something easy or that will be broadly adopted. For example, the RAE attempts to enforce arbitrary language rules of its own and isn't very successful; that might be an indication of how unfeasible it might be to transform the language into a neutral one. It would be easier for everyone to use an auxiliary language like English, which is already the global lingua franca.

    • ComradeAndy [he/him]
      3·
      4 years ago

      ngl if the solution to "Spanish is not gender inclusive" is "We should actually stop using the language of our countries altogether" you are really missing the mark.

      All languages are made up lol, they were all constructed by people, they can be modified by people.