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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m once again annoyed that the default term became homo”sexuality,” and not homoromanticism, because A) why the fuck does anyone who’s not an immediate prospect need to know about anyone’s sexuality? B) the phoneme sexuality implies… sexuality, so it just gives a bunch of bad faith motherfuckers ammunition; C) most of the time it’s actually referring to homoromanticism; and D) even when it’s not, the majority of people would describe a homosexual and heteroromantic person as straight (or closeted :[ ).

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

linguist here. you mean «homoeros» (ὁμόερoσ) “samelove” (Greek), not “man/mankind romance” (as opposed to “anserromantic” gooselover) (Latinus)

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Fellow linguist here. I did get it wrong, but I meant heteroromanticism, which is an existing term because I’m not a prescriptivist :)

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

not a prescriptivist

ok amelatinæ

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Call me what you want, that’s your business 🤷

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

∸◷❓ᑐ↓ᐳ畄,ᐳ꘠⍯?lon tenpo seme la ni li sona, li toki pakala?

𓆊At what time is it comprehension, and ramblings?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

As I said, it’s an established term. There’s another option that’s not just chaos: descriptivism. If it’s used to successfully communicate among people, it’s language. If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

not just chaos

🤭

If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

ture enuf. demo, yar’s gat ta hav a prescrapt whan ta ba anderstaad, aterwais ya gat gabbarash ta ba rad.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a wild dialect you’ve got there, I bet it sounds pretty cool

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

meh, its combo of middle english and rural pronunciation.
so long as you comprehend there’s nuance to discourse, 大丈夫

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

Nuance? Huh? Naw, we should either rework words to fit our understandings of etymology or use any form of language we have access to to try and communicate in English… right?