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@Gamercat nope, you would not use that pronoun to refer to people, unless trying to be derogatory (or unless specifically asked to, pretty much like "it" in english). You usually default to masculine, the implication being that you're talking about a person/human, the word for which has masculine gender. You can't use any other pronoun for the word person/human. This is usually not seen as problematic, since every noun in the language has a gender and it's often arbitrary, like, a fork is feminine, and a knife is masculine. In some instances this might reflect/coincide with certain archaic world views, but to most people it's just a curiosity. You can't give much meaning to a person being a he, when, say, a toilet is also a he.
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@Gamercat Read it with a happy voice ^_^ or just ignore, that's fine too.
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yes, but not the keyboard layout ._.
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Ohhh, that.
It has to do with the subjective components of a person's psyche.
Lets say someone likes to say hi to people by spiting in their faces instead of shaking their hands or waving like everyone. Some people may not mind, some people may feel disgusted and some people may become hostile. It depends on how much are you pushing the buttons inside their psyche.
>"since every noun in the language has a gender and it's often arbitrary, like, a fork is feminine, and a knife is masculine"
That depends on the language
@TheMadPirate I meant Russian, specifically.
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@Gamercat yes, and also tried to explain why there is no reason to worry about unknown gender in Russian and why one can just use whatever is natural, in my opinion.
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