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"Me cago en tus muertos" - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In polish, calling people with the neutral gender...While in english it's completely normal thing to say if you're not sure of a person's gender.

Maybe I misunderstand, but you should never call someone "it" in English, except for animals and babies. Calling someone "it" is considered dehumanizing in English.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, what i meant that in english you call people in 3rd person "them", "they" regardless of their gender, but in polish neutral gender would always be "it". That's why it's so insulting to use it despite it is gramatically existing. Polish had pronouns literally build in every noun, verb and adjective.