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  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
    6·
    3 months ago

    Like i said earlier, it was changed to they later, to the lead dev, in german they/them is a neopronoun, and “he” is gender neutral is those situations, i assume he thought it was the same in english

    • TechnicallyColors@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      I don’t understand how a German grammar situation would elicit the response from the PR. Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany? Why did the dev say “personal politics” specifically?

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
        3·
        3 months ago

        Are gender neutral pronouns “political” in Germany?

        Yeah, (like in french) male pronouns ARE the gender neutral option, and using they/them would be like using xim/xer in english

        • TechnicallyColors@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          So doesn’t that still mean that they think gender-neutral pronouns are political, i.e. they don’t accept them? I’ve also noticed the dev in question is Swedish, so I’m not sure where German language quirks came from?

          • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
            2·
            3 months ago

            Well, yeah, but in gendered languages every common noun has a gender, and gender neutral pronouns are very very new, especially 3 years ago, so even most people in those lgbtq communities use male pronouns as gender neutral.

            Tldr: yeah, but its like the tiniest deal ever

            Edit: wanted to add that in gendered languages using gender neutral instead of male pronouns when referring to the user in the app would be wierd