Thelsim
Scatterbrained and friendly optimist. Always happy to give my (unasked for) opinion :)
Pardon my rambling and broken English, I know I often sound like an alien trying to impersonate a human being.
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2·2 months agoHere’s the final score:
@swelter_spark@reddthat.com won with 5 points, congratulations!
You get to choose (and post :) this week’s challenge!
Here are the final results:
Name Score @thelsim@sh.itjust.works 5 @merde@sh.itjust.works 4 @cloudless@piefed.social 4 @leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 @Cavendish@lemmynsfw.com 4 @Ziggurat@jlai.lu 2 Edited it with proper formatting
Looks like I won this one! I’ll set up a new challenge later today.
Thanks for playing everyone!
Ziggurat
A radio astronomy image of gigantic spiral galaxy with an active nucleus.
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2·3 months agoOh and having to type
PARK
Before doing turning it off :)
I remember our family computer having an actual switch instead of a button.
Still did the toe thing though, down for on and up for off.
This has cursed written all over it.
There’s no real consensus on it yet in Dutch, but the most common are either hen/hun or die/diens. Both are known words that can be repurposed, but both have some disadvantages when it comes to certain grammatical rules.
There’s also some initiatives on new words, but they haven’t really gotten much traction yet.
There’s a rather lengthy article here in Dutch that explains it in depth:
https://taaladvies.net/taal-en-gender-verwijswoorden-voor-vrouwen-mannen-en-non-binaire-personen-algemeen/