c/onehundredninetysix · by laserm@lemmy.world · 249dthey slash rule 185 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
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verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 249d
Is that username “Merry Skibidi Miku?”
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 249d
or "Marry Skibidi Miku"
or "Mary Skibidi Miku"
hakase@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 249d
Not quite. "Marry" is usually マリー, and Mary is メアリー. That is to say, Japanese borrowings preserve the "merry, marry, Mary" distinction.
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 248d
you're right, but in the case of name Mary both メアリー and メリー are possible
example sentences containing メリー
メリー on wikipedia
sorry I'm arguing too seriously about such an insignificant thing
hakase@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 248d
It's completely fair - I'm the one who nitpicked you in the first place! :)
laserm@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 249d
Yes
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 249d
I met a non-binary prospector once. They told me "there's gold in them/their hills!"
Maven@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 249d
This joke is the entire basis of a movie
0ops@piefed.zip · 10 pts · 249d
Well don't leave me hanging, what movie?
Maven@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 249d
They/Them
riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 249d
this movie is so great <3 <3
Una@europe.pub · 3 pts · 249d
Is it true that all nonbinary people work for slenderman?