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so what would you make of the above question after you consider the pronunciation of, say, “peon”? or “biopic”? or “biopsy”?

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@vaporeon_ surely you can agree that the presence of suffuring in the world does not mean you’re not allowed levity

@vaporeon_ you can engage in weird or even absurd jokes without descending into nihilism or disingenuous, plausibly-deniable shitposting

@alyssa the newly released 12th edition of the merriam-webster collegiate dictionary insists the y is silent, which is what inspired my poll, because i Disagree, in that there is definitely a glide there. (bafflingly, its attested purronunciation fur the word does not even transcribe the existence of a glide!)

(that said, your counterpoint is the reason i somewhat considered that m-w might be “right” here, and also a contributing factor to why i created the poll)

@vaporeon_ if you would really like to boost the meowscaradas, i can change the bot real quick

@vaporeon_ the meowscarada is from my daily good murrnyawn post, which triggers on my furst post of the day, and is always posted on my account

@cam furgive me if i’m being too mean to her, but the misunderstanding your eyes “get immune” to the current focusing effects of your glasses is painful lol

@vaporeon_ i can tell you a list, but if you really want more explanation on it, you should ask someone qualified to talk about how gender was conceptualized in the Talmud

  1. male
  2. female
  3. androgynous (having both male and female characteristics (hermaphroditism?))
  4. tumtum, “lacking sexual characteristics”
  5. Aylonit hamah, AFAB but eventually (naturally) developing “masculine characteristics”
  6. Aylonit adam, AFAB but eventually developing “masculine characteristics” by deliberate intervention
  7. Saris hamah, AMAB but eventually (naturally) developing “female characteristics”
  8. Saris adam, AMAB but eventually developing “female characteristics” by deliberate intervention

@vaporeon_ regional nidoran variant with forms fur every gender in the Talmud (there are eight)

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