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Post by batmom on Apr 21, 2017 13:44:17 GMT -4
I actually don't mind law enforcement doing it because they do say 'male' as well. But in conversation, I bristle because, as you said, we don't ever refer to men as males in that way. And whenever I do hear someone referring to 'females' (outside of science or law) it's always somewhat objectifying or dismissive. It's never someone who gives the impression that they seem women as whole people.
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Post by Mugsy on Apr 23, 2017 14:29:26 GMT -4
As batmom mentioned, I hear it the news: "The police are looking for three males in their 20s."
I never thought of calling someone a female as perjorative, but I don't hear it very often. I did hear it the other day in the movie The Fox and the Hound, where the cranky old neighbour guy calls the woman with the fox a "ya ornery female" or somesuch.
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Post by laurenj on Jul 5, 2017 10:09:52 GMT -4
From a previouslyTV post:
Setting aside the random, unnecessary comma after the a, it seems like this person thinks "smittin" is a folksy, shortened version of the non-word "smitting" rather than the complete word "smitten."
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Post by sumire on Jul 30, 2017 22:52:03 GMT -4
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Post by laurenj on Jul 31, 2017 10:37:29 GMT -4
Oof. Yes, that one needs to be renamed to make it here. I was looking at pajamas on Amazon the other day and found this in the description of one product from a company that really needs both a better translator and a better grasp on sizing:
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Post by chonies on Jul 31, 2017 10:59:46 GMT -4
'Skin water' sounds like a medieval ailment.
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Post by chonies on Aug 23, 2017 12:49:36 GMT -4
The novel I'm reading (a Harlequin, you wanna fight?) has irritating colloquial grammar and it's enraging. I'm definitely going to comment about this. It's dumb stuff like, "My aunt raised my brother and I" and "Popsicle is the product of an old affair between he [referring to someone just mentioned] and Gorgonzola" and "I think we can give he or she a pony." Colombian was also misspelled as "Columbian" TWICE and the male lead uses "females" in my least favorite way.
Grrr. It's not messy--like, there aren't missing words so it looks like it's been revised but ugh. The story itself is kind of thin, and I don't even care what happens with the horse DNA subplot, I'm just trawling for more grammar issues.
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Post by mrspickles on Aug 23, 2017 13:47:15 GMT -4
The novel I'm reading (a Harlequin, you wanna fight?) has irritating colloquial grammar and it's enraging. I'm definitely going to comment about this. It's dumb stuff like, "My aunt raised my brother and I" and "Popsicle is the product of an old affair between he [referring to someone just mentioned] and Gorgonzola" and "I think we can give he or she a pony." Colombian was also misspelled as "Columbian" TWICE and the male lead uses "females" in my least favorite way. Grrr. It's not messy--like, there aren't missing words so it looks like it's been revised but ugh. The story itself is kind of thin, and I don't even care what happens with the horse DNA subplot, I'm just trawling for more grammar issues. We have to find our entertainment where we can, cho. My entertaining moment is that I'm imaging you with a red pen and a pack of sticky notes. I love your hair that way, by the way!
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Post by chonies on Aug 23, 2017 15:33:27 GMT -4
Thank you, mrs. pickles. I'm standing in line at Starbucks and reading on my kindle app, and raging that someone indicated that a patchwork quilt is knitted. Someone save me from myself.
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Post by chiquita on Aug 23, 2017 16:20:49 GMT -4
I'm intrigued by the reference to horse DNA.
If it's not self-published, there's no excuse for that many basic grammar mistakes. I know the publishing industries have cut back on editors, particularly copy editors, but I'm reminded on a near-daily basis why copy editors are doing God's work.
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