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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] bystander@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In Chinese, verbally the world for he, she, and it are all the same pronunciation. It is only differentiated in writing.

[–] stray@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The written form was neutral until Western influence inspired the creation of a female version, replacing the first radical "person" with "woman".

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I think some Chinese forums use "TA" (as in the 2 English letters) to be gender neutral

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget the word 祂 for divine beings as the 4th

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Going to randomly call people 祂 to fuck with them.