Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down110
arrow-up1117arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·2 months agoIMO: Boy/Girl cat implies gender. Man/Woman cat implies anthropomorphism.
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMan animal you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3OzAfcPb3A
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.
Man animal you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3OzAfcPb3A
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.