#language debate

[rightnewshp]

भाषा विवाद: राहुल गांधी और निशिकांत दुबे में अंग्रेजी पर तीखी बहस, जानें किसने क्या कहा #News #Language #Debate #English #Controversy

भाषा विवाद: राहुल गांधी और निशिकांत दुबे में अंग्रेजी पर तीखी बहस, जानें किसने क्या कहा

[aajkesamachar2026]

भाषा विवाद: राहुल गांधी और निशिकांत दुबे में अंग्रेजी पर तीखी बहस, जानें किसने क्या कहा #News #Language #Debate #English #Controversy

भाषा विवाद: राहुल गांधी और निशिकांत दुबे में अंग्रेजी पर तीखी बहस, जानें किसने क्या कहा

[darkdrag0ni]

so I have a debate with my friends

upsies

uppies

Voting ended onMar 5, 2025

My sibling and I say it's upsies and now I'm curious because my friends say it's uppies. Sibling and I spent early childhood in Canada while friends grew up in the US.

[homosexualmorelikehomiesexual]

I have a thought.

So, before we officially agreed on the distinction between sex and gender, we would use the term ‘transsexual’ to refer to people who wished to socially and/or medically transition their gender, correct? And now, obviously, we use ‘transgender’ instead, because its more accurate. And because of this, the term ‘transsexual’ has kind of fallen out of use, although it still exists.

Now here’s what I’m thinking. Typically, words that include -sexual refer to someones sexuality, correct? (Asexual, bisexual, polysexual, pansexual, etc.) So... by that logic, the term ‘transsexual’ could have two meanings:

1) Someone who is exclusively sexually attracted to transgender people (which is perfectly valid and no doubt already exists, although if people with this orientation do use this term i have not seen it)

or..

2) Someone who has transitioned their sexuality

Hear me out.

Say an AMAB person, who is attracted exclusively to men, identifies as a homosexual man for a portion of his life. Then, upon coming out as a transgender woman, she is still attracted to men. Therefore, the definition of her sexuality would change, or transition, from homosexual to heterosexual. So, by this definition, she could very well be technically considered ‘transsexual’ in that regard.

Does this make sense? I want to know what others think. (To be clear, I’m not suggesting we bring back common use of this term, I just think this application suits it better in a logical/linguistic sense, if at all. This is mainly an issue of language to me. )

[indizombie]

As a Hindi journalist, I feel one nation one language is a rubbish idea. People from Hindi-speaking states should keep quiet on the language debate until we learn a few southern Indian languages. In Uttar Pradesh, 10 lakh students failed Hindi subject in 10th and 12th board exams.

Ravish Kumar

[emilianadarling]

caffeineandchemistry replied to your post: sciencings asked:Hey, I just want...

I’ve heard the term GSM has been invaded by cishet people who have kinks that they feel make them a sexual minority.

Oh my goodness -- that's definitely a very different perspective that I haven't heard at all before. 

This is definitely a very complex and nuanced issue, and I'm very glad to be talking about it.