You should incorrectly gender the authors in your response to their revisions
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Replying to @DrGBuckingham @clelandpsych
hah that's what I was thinking, but I'm glad you suggested it first ;)
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Replying to @willjharrison @clelandpsych
I guess it might also be a language thing. Perhaps 'reviewer' is a male gendered thing in most languages? Easy mistake to make if so
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I'm confused, which language has person-related nouns that are male even when the person is not male? In Greek we have m/f/neutral but
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
E.g child = rebyenok (m). So you would say "rebenok, on..." = "the child, he..." even if it's a girl.
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Replying to @doctorwhy @DrGBuckingham and
Very interesting. Thanks for this. So male is the default, or just coincidence?
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
Hmm. Good question! It was just the example I used. I'll think about some converse where it's f
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Replying to @doctorwhy @DrGBuckingham and
If the default in Russian is always male that shows something however small about what is considered as default "person". Interesting!
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
I agree. Person is male too (chelovek)
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Some words in Greek refer to people but have the "wrong" gender. But words for jobs/roles have both gender options.
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Replying to @o_guest @doctorwhy and
Child in greek is neutral though (we have three genders).
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