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Bought a new pack of a hair product which now uses 6% less natural ingredients and is no longer vegan (lemmy.zip)

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[-] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 98 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Matt" paste? Isn't it "matte" or am I taking crazy pills again?

Edit: What the fuck... It's spelled differently in the UK, the US, and Canada (where I'm from). It's matte in Canada, mat in US, and matt in the UK.

From the Government of Canada website: https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/matte-mat-matt

[-] ColonelPanic@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

From the UK. I've never seen matte spelled as matt. CA, UK and AU are generally pretty close with spelling, whereas the US is usually off doing its own thing. It's a similar thing to blonde and blond.

[-] Rivalarrival 20 points 3 weeks ago

Blonde = female; blond = male

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

But that's the french's fault.

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

I thought it was blond = hair colour and blonde = person with blond hair.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

Excuse me wtf

[-] Rivalarrival 7 points 3 weeks ago

I shit you not, that is the etymological distinction between the two.

How strictly that distinction is observed is an open question.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What if they're non-binary?

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Blondə

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Blondx

[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Blond because French defaults to the masculine form if the gender of the noun is indeterminate.

[+] Rivalarrival -9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If they're non-binary, you're going to be so anxious about using the right pronouns that you won't even notice their hair color.

Edit: it's a joke answer,, people, in response to a joke question. It's not made at the expense of any marginalized individual or group. The only people who would be anxious about the situation are allies; the 'phobes don't give a shit. Untwist yer knickers.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, most enbys are chill and recognize that pronouns can be easy to forget. You're just upset that people get annoyed when you repeatedly misgender them.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I had firsthand experience when an enby stayed at our place for a while. My old Gen X self had trouble remembering to use the correct pronouns sometimes, but it got easier with practice. Decades of using only binary pronouns for individuals takes time to unlearn.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'll be honest, it took me a while to start remembering "they/them", even for myself. However, now I have the opposite problem, which is that I tend to substitute "they/them" for gendered pronouns. Normally that's not a problem because most people accept neutral pronouns, but some people can be very picky about their pronouns and then I have to remember that "they/them" can't be universally applied to everyone.