Comment on It bothers me when cat memes refer to the pictured cat as "he," but I can tell from its coat pattern that it's female. I may know too much about cats.

• Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Things that feel bigoted but aren’t 😅

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m wondering what ratio of “gendered” languages uses the feminine genus for cats as opposed to dogs, as in “die Katze/der Hund”.

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    • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly! Is cats are girls and dogs are boys just a Germanic thing, or is it deeper?

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      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’m Czech and it’s “ta kočka ♀/ten pes ♂” too.

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    • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Many romance languages have both; for instance, in Catalan “gos” / “gossa”, “gat” / “gata”, in Spanish, “perro” / “perra”, “gato” / “gata”, or in French “chien” / “chienne”, “chat” / “chatte”.

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      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        See my other comment, the one with the emoji: yes, words like “tomcat” and “bitch” exist, but which is used for the species?

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