For the record I was posting in support of inclusive language, but pointing out that context and convention matter.

They seem to have even scrubbed my comment from their instance, lol.

  • pmjv@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    766·
    8 days ago

    From the Book of the Dude, the holy book of the Dudeism religion:

    Incidentally, the term “dude” is commonly agreed to refer to all genders. Most linguists contend that the diminutive “dudette” is not in keeping with the parlance of our times.

    • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      I don’t want to be called dude or dudette, but I’m 95% certain this will change whenever I finally watch that movie.