TechCodex to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoTechnically, she's rightprogramming.devimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down119
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minus-square@CoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoThe i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
minus-square@themusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoInteresting. I associate the “wimmin” spelling with Terry Pratchett’s writing, where it’s used in the speech of lower/middle-class men, implying casual/uninformed objectification.
The i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
Interesting. I associate the “wimmin” spelling with Terry Pratchett’s writing, where it’s used in the speech of lower/middle-class men, implying casual/uninformed objectification.