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
Turkish. In Turkish they do not distinguish between he and she. Also in Russian, male noun means male pronoun even if a woman
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Replying to @doctorwhy @o_guest and
In Turkish we don't have gendered nouns yes but nongendered doesn't imply male. We simply don't assume gender when referring to people.
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Replying to @zerdeve @doctorwhy and
Ah, thanks for clarifying! I was going to ask my brother but you cleared it up already!
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So is default = male in Turkish?
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Replying to @o_guest @doctorwhy and
Nope default is unknown and uncared for. Lol.
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Replying to @o_guest @doctorwhy and
After having lived in the US for 14 years, I still mix up he and she because it still doesn't come natural to me to identify gender of smo.
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That's REALLY interesting.
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Replying to @o_guest @doctorwhy and
Ugh and frustrating. My head just won't get it! Identify gender first; just do it!!!
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