I’m half Russian American on my father’s side, a quarter Israeli and some Egyptian on my mom’s side

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    3 days ago

    Neat! The only English word I can think of like that is “his blond” and “her blonde” pubes

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      2 days ago

      Well, even though English grammar has dropped gender from pretty much everything save pronouns these days, there are still quite a lot of gendered nouns from times past left in the language, compare for example “I’m a father” vs. “I’m a mother” (vs. “I’m a parent”), or “I’m an actor” vs. “I’m an actress”. There are also some adjectives left that aren’t strictly gendered per se, but still tend to have gendered usage, compare for example “I’m handsome” vs. “I’m pretty”.