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[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago (10 children)

There's an argument to be made that "no binario" is the more correct. Latin has a neutral grammatical gender ("bīnārium") that has been mostly assimilated into the masculine gender in Spanish.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

This is why some people insist on the generic he in English. A few hundred years ago, some British asshole who thought Latin was a perfect language decided to impose Latin rules on English, including such nonsense as "you can't end a sentence with a preposition" and "never split infinitives", as well as proscribing the then-common singular they in favor of "he". The damage he did to the English language is still not fully repaired.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Who is this Brit, I want to have a word

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