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LOL u so mad Dan Send a noteboard - 06/04/2012 06:19:28 PM
I do say! :)

I merely explained the connotations in French and why the use of female in English don't feel natural to French speakers even when rationally we're aware of the different/absent connotations.

How you read "disrespect" for English into that or why this sparked this little lecture with platitudes I'm all too aware of being Canadian, Québécois and having lived in a French/English bilingual environment all my life baffles me.


Maybe because the first line of the post was explicit agreement with Vivien?

"It's fairly derogatory as a noun, though, have to agree with Vivien on that one."

So you weren't "merely explaining" the connotations in French and your feelings about it, you were also agreeing with Viven's assessment of "female" as derogatory and her normative claims about its use. Just because you used "femmelle" and its connotations in French as a springboard to agree with Viven's claims about "female" doesn't obviate it, and this in turn prompted me to just give a gentle, platitudinous reminder for people who like to overreach. So, maybe you need to go back and read what you said?

As far as platitudes go, only the second half could be said to filled with them, and that was just to prevent internet tears. And as far as being bilingual goes, well, getting your verbs to agree with the subjects of your sentence will go a long way to getting me to believe you, bro.




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The Hunger Games gets a ... different kind of review. Artsapat - 03/04/2012 03:37:39 PM 2539 Views
"Written by a female with femalist themes" Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:38:54 PM 1292 Views
Ok, I did and basically it's garbage. *NM* Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:53:00 PM 1136 Views
I grant that I haven't read the Hunger Games yet LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 05:10:38 PM 1238 Views
No, it's totally off. *NM* Aeryn - 03/04/2012 05:39:03 PM 1101 Views
fair enough. like I said, I haven't read it yet. *NM* LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 07:20:34 PM 1035 Views
It's not. That's what shallow idiots say about things where women have power or physical skills *NM* Cannoli - 04/04/2012 03:45:22 PM 1138 Views
I can only speak for the film, which was not feminist. ironclad - 03/04/2012 06:01:18 PM 1204 Views
Where do I start? Vivien - 03/04/2012 07:43:18 PM 1211 Views
Hermoine was the most kick ass of the Potter kids. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:08:17 AM 1062 Views
So? Hunger Games has lots of male characters. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:30:21 AM 1132 Views
But that is exactly what feminist means "it could have been a boy just as well" Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:42:43 PM 1202 Views
His racism point... Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:32:43 PM 1017 Views
Makes me almost wish I knew the source material so I could judge what he is saying A Deathwatch Guard - 03/04/2012 10:50:48 PM 1097 Views
Why don't you think the Hunger Games are feminist? Vivien - 03/04/2012 11:17:53 PM 1218 Views
Why would I consider it to be femenist? A Deathwatch Guard - 04/04/2012 01:51:24 AM 1114 Views
I just don't consider feminism as something that has to be radical. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:42:59 AM 1193 Views
Completely agree with your first paragraph ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:22:35 AM 1186 Views
Re: Completely agree with your first paragraph DomA - 04/04/2012 01:43:55 PM 1128 Views
To you "feminist" is a dirty word? To me, it means acceptable. Differences in definitions I think Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:50:32 PM 1091 Views
Unfortunately truly ordinary female characters are so rare that the exceptions stand out Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:49:16 PM 1157 Views
Fair enough ironclad - 04/04/2012 02:33:22 PM 1213 Views
Stop using female as a noun! Vivien - 04/04/2012 03:51:13 PM 1095 Views
It's stuff like that that makes you lose cred ironclad - 04/04/2012 05:26:24 PM 1152 Views
It's fairly derogatory as a noun, though, have to agree with Vivien on that one. Legolas - 04/04/2012 07:30:18 PM 1102 Views
I don't think Jens was really using it that way, though LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:34:28 PM 1016 Views
Thank you! ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:03:38 PM 1133 Views
Of course he didn't intend it that way, but that's how it sounds. Legolas - 04/04/2012 08:06:03 PM 1117 Views
I understand that, but it's still such a ridiculous thing to get fussed over LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:20:01 PM 1161 Views
You are rather exaggerating just how "fussed" anyone did get, you do realize. Legolas - 04/04/2012 09:51:22 PM 1073 Views
Her tone was not just "informative". It was accusatory LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:17:57 PM 1042 Views
Female is perfectly acceptable to use in a medical/clinical setting. *NM* Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:36:57 PM 1299 Views
so if your problem is people using it disparagingly... LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:45:10 PM 1020 Views
That's not what I said. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:51:41 PM 1184 Views
I'm going to have to just outright disagree with you then. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:54:25 PM 1080 Views
Which flies in the face of it's ordinary usage, which smacks of needless revisionism. Dan - 06/04/2012 09:42:15 AM 1081 Views
Oh please. Stop telling females to shut up. *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:45:58 PM 1174 Views
If I wanted to be accusatory... Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:05:37 PM 1082 Views
Accusatory of what.i think you meant annoyed. So youre annoyed she was annoyed? Let's out this to re *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:44:17 PM 1153 Views
Are you a native English speaker, Legolas? (Clarified to preempt possible internet tears) Dan - 06/04/2012 09:29:28 AM 1141 Views
Nope. (edit) Legolas - 06/04/2012 07:23:54 PM 1110 Views
Re: Nope. (edit) Dan - 07/04/2012 04:51:30 AM 1184 Views
"Female that"? That's even worse. Legolas - 07/04/2012 11:42:00 AM 1052 Views
Ok. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:27:16 PM 1373 Views
Let's try and whittle this down some so as to help you with the quotes. Legolas - 07/04/2012 05:42:32 PM 1065 Views
However he meant it, it was unpleasant to read. Just use "woman" instead. *NM* Aeryn - 05/04/2012 08:13:13 PM 1025 Views
Re: It's fairly derogatory as a noun, though, have to agree with Vivien on that one. DomA - 05/04/2012 02:21:21 AM 1133 Views
I think the language difference is really interesting. nossy - 05/04/2012 03:13:03 PM 1153 Views
English is not French, and it's not German. Particularly the connotations of American English words Dan - 06/04/2012 09:39:00 AM 1229 Views
LOL! You don't say... DomA - 06/04/2012 05:06:20 PM 1088 Views
LOL u so mad Dan - 06/04/2012 06:19:28 PM 1111 Views
The prospect of "losing cred" is not going to stop me from speaking my mind. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:30:03 PM 1068 Views
My dear Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:07:34 PM 1140 Views
LOL ironclad - 09/04/2012 01:57:53 PM 950 Views
guess what, it is a noun. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:26:39 PM 948 Views
That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 04/04/2012 08:19:02 PM 1097 Views
well it's important that you say "female human" LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:28:45 PM 1055 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:48:07 PM 1054 Views
wait, so now you're claiming it's a grammatical thing? *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:58:31 PM 1109 Views
No, I have issues with words that begin with the letter f. Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:09:45 PM 1093 Views
ooookay then. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 11:11:23 PM 1143 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 05/04/2012 02:08:26 AM 1136 Views
Re: Stop using female as a noun! dacole - 05/04/2012 02:18:47 PM 1002 Views
If dislike of the use of female as a noun makes me crazy town, I'm not the only crazy in here. Vivien - 05/04/2012 05:59:16 PM 1041 Views
For the record, I certainly don't think you're crazy town. nossy - 05/04/2012 07:23:18 PM 1078 Views
Oh, so now we're using 'dislike' instead of 'should'. It's funny how you fell back on that. Dan - 06/04/2012 10:01:59 AM 1125 Views
Fascinating. Vivien - 06/04/2012 09:54:47 PM 1099 Views
Re: Fascinating. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:54:26 AM 1103 Views
Just in case (however slim that chance may be) you are genuinely interested in citations/references. Vivien - 07/04/2012 05:34:37 AM 1085 Views
What a joke. Do you even know what grammar is? Dan - 07/04/2012 05:57:40 AM 1164 Views
Oh, come off it. This should be the point where you admit to being wrong. Legolas - 07/04/2012 12:11:07 PM 1039 Views
Sorry, no. Read better. Dan - 07/04/2012 02:23:10 PM 1072 Views
*deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Legolas - 07/04/2012 06:38:08 PM 1044 Views
Re: *deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Dan - 07/04/2012 09:26:34 PM 1210 Views
Aha, we found the problem Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:03:35 PM 1159 Views
You're being disingenuous. Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:57:38 PM 1068 Views
Re: If dislike of the use of female as a noun makes me crazy town, I'm not the only crazy in here. dacole - 09/04/2012 03:09:06 AM 1073 Views
Nothing wrong with your use of female. You should ignore those crazy foreigners saying otherwise. *NM* snoopcester - 06/04/2012 02:49:41 PM 933 Views
I think I'll start saying males instead of men. If the males here don't mind? *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:58:54 PM 1066 Views
To be fair Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:37:25 PM 1091 Views
You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:46:16 PM 1119 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:23:33 PM 1059 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Bored - 04/04/2012 07:51:46 PM 1086 Views
This Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:20:04 AM 1067 Views
Interesting. I really need to read these books soon, evidently. *NM* Legolas - 03/04/2012 10:52:43 PM 1062 Views
I got half way through the review and got bored. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:09:58 AM 1062 Views
And it appears the writer of the article completely missed a central point of the story *spoilers* Mat Maniac - 04/04/2012 05:44:40 AM 1115 Views
I think that might be debatable Cannoli - 05/04/2012 06:59:35 PM 1109 Views
She still made plenty of choices and she did choose to kill. Vivien - 05/04/2012 07:13:47 PM 1040 Views
The reviewer is kind of full of it, but makes a good point about the character Cannoli - 04/04/2012 04:22:30 PM 1157 Views
Out of curiosity (this off topic) LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:32:25 PM 1044 Views
Rachel, of course. Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:17:41 AM 1151 Views
Well. Now I've actually seen it. (mild spoilers) Legolas - 09/04/2012 12:17:03 AM 1133 Views
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