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minus-square☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWell depends on context i guess. Like saying “my women teacher” just doesn’t sound as good as “my female teacher”
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFemale as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCan you give an example of each?
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMy teacher is female. My teacher is a female. The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That “a” is doing a lot of work lol.
Well depends on context i guess. Like saying “my women teacher” just doesn’t sound as good as “my female teacher”
Female as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit
Can you give an example of each?
My teacher is female.
My teacher is a female.
The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That “a” is doing a lot of work lol.