[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

That is a truly euphonious coinage, Sister, though I'm afraid our SJW friend would mutilate it in his efforts to be politically correct. He -- or at least some of his brethren siblingren -- would insist on xantófobx, xantófobo/a or xantófob@, with endless dispute over the "correct" pronunciation.

The first two are problematic, but the last one, xantófob@, is perfectly simple in Spanish: it would be pronounced xantófobarroba.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

...Soon I fear we will be like the Japs, with pronouns coming into and dropping out of vogue at such a rate that one can never remember whether to refer to oneself as boku or washi...

Others, mayhap, my friend. Baka, now and forever, you are!

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

Numbers 3 and 4 are obviously elegant and erudite solutions, Sister Basilissa. However, I do have a question. I was assuming that Dr Pendergast was referring to navel lint. Do you happen to know whether Latin and/or Greek had a word for this specific substance?

I've read Numbers 3 and 4.

Numbers 3:11-13 The LORD spake unto Moses, saying, And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.

The question of lint comes up in Numbers 4:5-14. Badgers skins, blue, scarlet & purple cloth. Now of course badger paint brushes are much prized because of their precision and stability and we know from Numbers 3:44-51 that God was prepared to redeem the firstborn for a financial consideration. Would lint-free fabrics have been made from badger to avoid the sin of mingling? I collected some hair following a dog fight, poodle versus a short-haired thing, and it was not at all easy to spin. The poodle was somewhat like goat but (no doubt due to being terrified) had a terrible smell. The other stuff was impossible, like trying to spin pine needles or mink. This was important because if the badger skins and the dyed fabrics were not made exactly as commanded, those responsible for the the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof would drop dead as soon as they saw them.

Numbers 3 and 4

[Brother Gonzalez]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

The correct sjw answer (now every sjw has to be a radfem, at least in South Mexico where I live) is pelusófobe. You know, as Spanish has "a" for feminine and "o" for masculine, now radfems are supporting the use of the "e" to avoid gender bias. Plural and inclusive words (like "nosotros") mean both a group of men or a group of men and women (while "nosotras" mean exclusively a group of women) So the right sjw answer would be "nosotres" for referring to a group of men and women. If you use the "o" ending word you are supporting patriarchy and women oppression. Yeah, right.

So pelusófobe, that is.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

Is that like an islamophobe?

[IsraelR]

Re: Gender Pronouns: when grammar Nazis have a Nuremberg Rally!

Nazis Suck