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    Quote Originally Posted by SchwarzwaelderTorte View Post
    What bothers me with the current gendering of the language used in-game is that, again, it is being excessively gendered in an unnecessary way. Again, it is not about pronouns. I do not hate Emmanellain for using she/her to refer to me, a woman who uses she/her pronouns. That would not make any sense.
    But when was the last time you affectionately refered to a woman you know as "old girl"? I've never heard or read this saying in any other media or conversation, except maybe to an animal or a machine (which somehow makes it even worse!). What it is is that they've taken "old boy", which is a lot more commonly used to affectionately refer to men, and automatically gendered it without considering how off it sounds. This is what I mean by forced and unnatural.
    I have, sure it's said by upper-middle-class British boomers but so is old boy. It's not commonly used anymore and I think the reason why the male-gendered version is more common is shows like Black Adder and Dad's Army, as soon as you say old boy this image pops into my mind:

    what tbf suits Emmanellain to a tee.

    Edit: I think Toff may be a better description than boomer
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    Last edited by Mosha; 01-23-2024 at 10:55 PM. Reason: Toff Toffee