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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I'm curious, but could you give examples? It's just I wonder what language has words only spoken by one gender, wouldn't it hinder speaking in some way or make conveying a meaning rather difficult? Or do the feminine words have a masculine equivilant, so that the vocabulary isn't lost for the other gender?
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Oh, I can think a few examples in English where something is referred to with different words depending on the speaker's gender. However, it's a case of common usuage, not anything specifically defined. And those words are not repeatable in civil discourse adn the phrasing is definitely classes as slang. Demeaning, anatomical, gender specific curse words, tend to be gender specific as to who usually uses them.
But if we are talking about words commonly used, I still would like more info.