Zephorah to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoPaper is the new privacy measure.imagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down117 cross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
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minus-squareZephorahOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoAs hetero women we will often refer to friends who are girls as girlfriends. You could be right, but the 7 here is what I just described.
minus-squareTRock@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoEnglish is weird with that. Other languages have a separate word for friend and for partner
minus-squareDigitalAudio@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoNot German. But it’s usually differentiated by the use of possessive or no possessive. Mein Freundin = Partner Eine Freundin = Friend English is usually the same though. My girlfriend = Partner One of my girlfriends / a girlfriend = Friend
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoEnglish doesn’t even have a word for person who you are engaged to be married to. Luckily French had two, so they shared.
As hetero women we will often refer to friends who are girls as girlfriends. You could be right, but the 7 here is what I just described.
English is weird with that. Other languages have a separate word for friend and for partner
Not German. But it’s usually differentiated by the use of possessive or no possessive.
Mein Freundin = Partner
Eine Freundin = Friend
English is usually the same though.
My girlfriend = Partner
One of my girlfriends / a girlfriend = Friend
English doesn’t even have a word for person who you are engaged to be married to. Luckily French had two, so they shared.