From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Apr 20 07:00:43 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:00:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lvu38-0006cZ-SM for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:00:43 -0700 Received: from mx.freeshell.org ([192.94.73.19] helo=sdf.lonestar.org ident=root) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lvu2u-0006VF-DM for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:00:41 -0700 Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:jwodder@iceland.freeshell.org [192.94.73.5]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.3/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3KE0QpE027601 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:27 GMT Received: (from jwodder@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.3/8.12.8/Submit) id n3KE0QSa004366 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:26 GMT Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:26 +0000 From: Minimiscience To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Gender neutrality? Message-ID: <20090420140025.GA7343@sdf.lonestar.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: SDF Public Access UNIX System User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-archive-position: 15475 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: minimiscience@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list de'i li 20 pi'e 04 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Danny Piccirillo .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra. > If there are terms for boy, man, girl, and woman, there are surely terms for > one who identifies as masculine or feminine, or androgynous, genderqueer, etc > and those are the terms i think should be preferred in common conversation > when talking about someone who has a gender identity (all humans). .skamyxatra If you mean words that are suitable for individuals regardless of their gender identities, yes, there are words for those. "Human" is "{remna}," and "person" (not necessarily human) is "{prenu}." "Child" is "{verba}," "offspring" is "{panzi}," "parent" is "{rirni}," "sibling" is "{tunba}," "uncle/aunt" is "{famti}," et cetera. mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun. -- le munje vi smaji To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.