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Vestitor (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 14:54:08
Armand6:We can only hope the next version's creators will forget about the word 'frauxlino' for good.For what reason pray?
Alkanadi (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 15:12:14
Miland:You mean that wasn't her real hair? I am shockedVestitor:... when their daughter comes in and turns out to be a Japanese judge, I stopped believing they were a real family...I thought she was a judge from Hong Kong, where they have wigs.
rikforto (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 15:19:41
erinja (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 15:54:16
Armand6 (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 16:22:15
Vestitor:For what reason?It is obsolete, sexist and being phased out of EU languages. It is literally cringeworthy.
jagr2808 (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 17:10:09
Armand6:How is it sexist? (la vorto fraŭlino)Vestitor:For what reason?It is obsolete, sexist and being phased out of EU languages. It is literally cringeworthy.
Bachelor and bacholerette is still used in english, to some degree at least...
deltasalmon (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 17:15:17
jagr2808 (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 17:21:22
deltasalmon:I think the sexism is that for a man you have one term that is used always where as for a female you have two different terms that are dependent on her marital statusFraŭlo kaj sinjoro
Fraŭlino kaj sinjorino
that relationship is not equal? tre strange...
Bruso (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 17:28:54
erinja:I hesitate to introduce him to another forum, he already has his hands full being upset over people being "wrong" on Facebook!Is this him?
Someone is wrong on the Intenet!
Vestitor (Показать профиль) 20 августа 2015 г., 17:29:47
Armand6:That's rubbish. Miss and Mrs (and Ms) are in common use because they denote different states. In Dutch 'mevrouw' and 'mejuffrouw' (miss) are also still use. No EU languages are phasing them out; at least those not subjected to criticism from postmodern quackery.Vestitor:For what reason?It is obsolete, sexist and being phased out of EU languages. It is literally cringeworthy.
I think this fascination with these words being sexist is an English-speaking phenomenon.