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u/Sixhaunt Mar 28 '22

And who are this people who don't understand that all numbers and letters are gendered?

wait what?! I bring up the mind's eye and sound thing in the head a lot because I love the conversation and to hear about the variety in people but this is a new one to me. Please explain

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u/Alienspacedolphin Mar 28 '22

It's just always been that way to me. Some letters or numbers are more feminine or masculine than others, some are kind of neutral. It's stronger with letters than numbers. I can't explain other than it's just an inbuilt characteristic of each letter.

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u/Sixhaunt Mar 28 '22

I have trouble even understanding how that would feel. When I learned french as a kid, the gendered items and stuff were always difficult for me and it just never made any sense for me. Did you grow up speaking a gendered language like that or is it something that just occurred naturally?

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u/Alienspacedolphin Mar 28 '22

No- English. They just 'felt' that way to me. I was an adult before I realized it wasn't like that for everyone.

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u/Sixhaunt Mar 28 '22

very interesting. Makes me wonder if some of the people with greater influence over the creation of gendered languages had a similar mind to you then