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minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·8 months agoOf course they’re a guy. Otherwise it’d be Drs. Pepper. /s
minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoDoctoress. Didn’t realize it was actually a word and feel like we should use it more because it’s awesome.
minus-squareBmeBenji@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoIt does kind of sound cool but I thought the current trend was to move away from needlessly gendered language, especially with how in English a lot of feminine nouns are intentionally made to sound like a diminutive form of the masculine version
minus-squareXyre@lemmus.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoDefinitely agree with preferring non-gendered language. But it also doesn’t feel like right to default to the (historically) masculine version either.
Of course they’re a guy. Otherwise it’d be Drs. Pepper. /s
Docsses Pepper?
Doctoress. Didn’t realize it was actually a word and feel like we should use it more because it’s awesome.
It does kind of sound cool but I thought the current trend was to move away from needlessly gendered language, especially with how in English a lot of feminine nouns are intentionally made to sound like a diminutive form of the masculine version
Definitely agree with preferring non-gendered language. But it also doesn’t feel like right to default to the (historically) masculine version either.