• kwomp2@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Well my point is just it’s neither fully determined as in ahistoric rule nor random as in “changes all the time” or “everyone has their own singular definitions and concepts”. And in between there is the sweet spot of understanding, interpretation and development…

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      2 months ago

      Right, but nobody except grammar nazis and the sith deal in absolutes like that.

      Obviously the signifiers have a level of stability otherwise nobody would understand any of it.

      This is yet another way in which language and gender are analogous.