Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoWhy people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down14
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhy people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"?Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoIMO: Boy/Girl cat implies gender. Man/Woman cat implies anthropomorphism.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoRight but why is that your opinion of how those words work? Because the only strict differentiation between man/boy and woman/girl is age.
IMO:
Boy/Girl cat implies gender.
Man/Woman cat implies anthropomorphism.
Right but why is that your opinion of how those words work? Because the only strict differentiation between man/boy and woman/girl is age.