I quite enjoyed the ride. I liked its experimentation with genders, its dealing of nature versus nurture, what it means to be human, and what it means to be alien.
Ah, i was a bit unprecise (still a bit early). The use of pronouns is actually the same as in english, but the nouns are gendered and for people (like pupil, driver, teacher) the male form is mostly used by default. e.g. the default for doctor is Arzt (m) as in "i go to the Arzt", even if it is a woman who'd correctly be called Ärztin. And the translater chose the female forms as the standard.
A language without gendered pronouns sounds great! How do nouns like rock or table and nouns for people work?
Btw i've read a fascinating article about the Great Andamanese languages yesterday. They name their kids before birth, therefore all names are gender neutral.
Federation is pretty cool, but kinda confusing, and maybe a little scary (shkspr.mobi)
I've been on the Fediverse since 2016, and I still get a little mixed up by how things work.
Spotted Flycatcher Taking a Break (beehaw.org)
Went for a walk and managed to take a photo of a bird I hadn't been able to photograph yet: A Spotted Flycatcher!...
With the defederation active, how has it affected your subscriptions?
Now that we're no longer linked to lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works we can't subscribe to their communities any more....
Anyone finished TRANSLATION STATE by Ann Leckie? (slrpnk.net)
I quite enjoyed the ride. I liked its experimentation with genders, its dealing of nature versus nurture, what it means to be human, and what it means to be alien.