There’s considerable debate about the -x ending, both in this community and in the Latin American community. Some like it for its sense of gender inclusion, but it doesn’t naturally fit with the languages it’s applied to and some see it akin to colonial rule over their language(s).
I don’t have a dog in this fight, as I’m not from any of the above communities. But some people feel very strongly about this topic and if you’re unaware of that context, you might end up in the middle of an argument you didn’t go looking for.
Yea, the intention’s good, but as a native Romanian speaker (same language family), I gotta say, that shit ugly. We need smth else. It’s super tricky with gendered languages
The @ is just a fancy a, so i don’t think it’s a good idea, generally i don’t think it’s a good idea to use any letter or symbol that doesn’t match at all our languages, it just feel to forced and most of those “solutions” include a group but exclude another big group: people with dyslexia, but also those with dysorthographia at times;
My take is: we ditch one of the 2 genres and we have only one, or we add a thirdy one with a nicer sound than shit like -x, -ə or -u which is kinda hard tbh, maybe we can take a letter from some other alphabet?
Digching one of the genders looks better, but it will spark a huge war over which one to exclude (and I can totally understand that, at least from the side of women that are excluded by default in many languages)
Yeah, that’s the main problem with that idea sadly, the third neutral gender is a good one too but it’s hard to pull off something decent…that’s the problem with forcing a change on a language .-.
My first thought anytime i see *x is of Marvel’s Weapon X.
So I think of bad ass superpowered latinx.
And really, finding the courage to be *x because that is what you are despite the shittyness the world will heap on you. That requires/proves superpowers.
it can’t be pronounced by native Spanish speakers - probably because it was invented by white American guy.
a gender neutral ending that can be actually pronounced had already sprung up naturally (-e/-é, so Latiné), and probably would have been more widespread for now if not by fucking white ass culture warrior bs pushing for the stupid dumbass X ending. Instead, the one that organically came up via the Mexican drag community gets buried by the idioté white guy version.
You want to get on a Hispanics bad side, then use the dumbass X ending.
Lol I’m so glad this thing isn’t catching on and is so often ridiculed by the people it’s supposed to “help.” I see that silly X and my phonetic brain just goes
“Lah-tinks” or in the above poster’s instance “Fill-ih-pinks”. LMAO wat? Who would appreciate that?!
This is the same culture-warrior neckbearding that wants to crusade and die on the hill that “Hey guys” should be offensive to anybody in a mixed group who doesn’t just so happen to be male.
It feels like the kinda thing that only sounds like a good idea when people are so isolated they only communicate online.
I miss feeling like that about the letter X. Ever since Elon Musk started using the letter for everything he has a hand in naming, it’s lost the cool sheen it used to have for me. :(
Filipinx
There’s considerable debate about the -x ending, both in this community and in the Latin American community. Some like it for its sense of gender inclusion, but it doesn’t naturally fit with the languages it’s applied to and some see it akin to colonial rule over their language(s).
I don’t have a dog in this fight, as I’m not from any of the above communities. But some people feel very strongly about this topic and if you’re unaware of that context, you might end up in the middle of an argument you didn’t go looking for.
Yea, the intention’s good, but as a native Romanian speaker (same language family), I gotta say, that shit ugly. We need smth else. It’s super tricky with gendered languages
Isn’t there an attempt to repurpose @ for gender-neutral? Looks awkward, too
The @ is just a fancy a, so i don’t think it’s a good idea, generally i don’t think it’s a good idea to use any letter or symbol that doesn’t match at all our languages, it just feel to forced and most of those “solutions” include a group but exclude another big group: people with dyslexia, but also those with dysorthographia at times;
My take is: we ditch one of the 2 genres and we have only one, or we add a thirdy one with a nicer sound than shit like -x, -ə or -u which is kinda hard tbh, maybe we can take a letter from some other alphabet?
Digching one of the genders looks better, but it will spark a huge war over which one to exclude (and I can totally understand that, at least from the side of women that are excluded by default in many languages)
Yeah, that’s the main problem with that idea sadly, the third neutral gender is a good one too but it’s hard to pull off something decent…that’s the problem with forcing a change on a language .-.
Bernie enters the chat.
I’m well aware, thanx.
Þanx*
One guy doing that bit is already too many
Þan@
I think they are making fun of that guy. Or is that the guy?
It’s probably the first LLM bot that San has infected with their shenanigans
Cool, carry on
My first thought anytime i see *x is of Marvel’s Weapon X.
So I think of bad ass superpowered latinx.
And really, finding the courage to be *x because that is what you are despite the shittyness the world will heap on you. That requires/proves superpowers.
No, it’s fucking stupid because
it can’t be pronounced by native Spanish speakers - probably because it was invented by white American guy.
a gender neutral ending that can be actually pronounced had already sprung up naturally (-e/-é, so Latiné), and probably would have been more widespread for now if not by fucking white ass culture warrior bs pushing for the stupid dumbass X ending. Instead, the one that organically came up via the Mexican drag community gets buried by the idioté white guy version.
You want to get on a Hispanics bad side, then use the dumbass X ending.
Lol I’m so glad this thing isn’t catching on and is so often ridiculed by the people it’s supposed to “help.” I see that silly X and my phonetic brain just goes
“Lah-tinks” or in the above poster’s instance “Fill-ih-pinks”. LMAO wat? Who would appreciate that?!
This is the same culture-warrior neckbearding that wants to crusade and die on the hill that “Hey guys” should be offensive to anybody in a mixed group who doesn’t just so happen to be male.
It feels like the kinda thing that only sounds like a good idea when people are so isolated they only communicate online.
I miss feeling like that about the letter X. Ever since Elon Musk started using the letter for everything he has a hand in naming, it’s lost the cool sheen it used to have for me. :(
Phuck off with that x shit