GNU bug report logs - #57046
Spanish documentation uses exclusive language

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Package: guix;

Reported by: lfvega <at> tutanota.com

Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 21:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 57046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 57046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57046: Spanish documentation uses exclusive language
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:33:18 +0200
Thank you Tobias.

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> writes:
> How about we turn them into guidelines and add them to Contributing?

Yes, it would prevent such discussions.  But as lfvega says and as is
generally acknowledged, there is no good solution on how to deal with
gender here.

I can’t really judge but don’t believe their and Ludo’s proposal “les
usuaries” is really perceived neutral and acceptable.  (To Spanish
speakers: What do psychologists say?  Does it appear feminine to you?)

In Germanic (and Slavic?) grammatically feminine is clearly derived from
the grammatically masculine form (Benutzerin from Benutzer), which may
be a different situation from Latin; maybe it is not.

Listing both is verbose and unnatural.

Regards,
Florian




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