James Finn
Jan 31, 2024

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What a silly argument. I wonder if this guy even knows that modern languages like French and German use the words for man and woman to also mean husband and wife. When a French speaker says "ma femme," he means my wife, not my woman. Of course, he could also choose to say "mon épouse," which is a synonym that makes the marital relationship clear, but that word is more formal and less popular.

His arguments from linguistics don't even make sense if you aren't a monolingual English speaker.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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