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minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·7 个月前Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts. Oh that one? He’s a guy. But him over there <points> he’s a boy <wink>
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 个月前“Boy” in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as “boy.”
Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts.
“Boy” in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as “boy.”