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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 40 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Explanation: Just a linguistics joke. "Trad" chuds often insist there are only two genders, and idolize Rome, without the first idea about Rome other than "Marble busts and strong jawed legions".

But the Latin language itself has three genders - masculine, feminine, and neuter!

[โ€“] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Jokes about the Latin language are pluperfection.

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