Chapo_is_Red [he/him]@hexbear.nettoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?English
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1 year agoIn polish, calling people with the neutral gender…While in english it’s completely normal thing to say if you’re not sure of a person’s gender.
Maybe I misunderstand, but you should never call someone “it” in English, except for animals and babies. Calling someone “it” is considered dehumanizing in English.
Interestingly, on Taiwan they have the Republic of China calendar (in addition to the Western calendar) which begins from the establishment of the RoC (1912 on the Western calendar).