jeffw@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoX considers "cisgender" a slur, and moderates it over actual slurswww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down124
arrow-up1543arrow-down1external-linkX considers "cisgender" a slur, and moderates it over actual slurswww.salon.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·4 months agoAnd that’s an X with a Chinese pronunciation, no doubt.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoChinese has sh, x is a different sound.
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agosh is a retroflex sibilant whereas x is an alveolo-palatal sibilant. They are both sibilants so they have a shared quality, but indeed “xitter” and “shitter” doesn’t sound quite the same.
And that’s an X with a Chinese pronunciation, no doubt.
Chinese has sh, x is a different sound.
sh is a retroflex sibilant whereas x is an alveolo-palatal sibilant. They are both sibilants so they have a shared quality, but indeed “xitter” and “shitter” doesn’t sound quite the same.