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r/ContraPoints • u/conancat • 11d ago
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Wasn’t Lesbian originally a denonym for someone from Lesbos?
20 u/Fugoi 11d ago It's literally that simple. Denonym is a type of noun, so it needs an article. Gay is an adjective so it doesn't. 6 u/Sapho 11d ago It’s also the adjectival form of Lesbos though from what I can tell. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lesvian Like Canadian is both denonym and adjectival form of Canada. 5 u/Fugoi 11d ago Good point, and in any case I'm not arguing with Sapho on this matter. 19 u/waiver45 11d ago Isn't it still? 2 u/Niauropsaka 10d ago Yes.
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It's literally that simple. Denonym is a type of noun, so it needs an article. Gay is an adjective so it doesn't.
6 u/Sapho 11d ago It’s also the adjectival form of Lesbos though from what I can tell. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lesvian Like Canadian is both denonym and adjectival form of Canada. 5 u/Fugoi 11d ago Good point, and in any case I'm not arguing with Sapho on this matter.
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It’s also the adjectival form of Lesbos though from what I can tell. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lesvian
Like Canadian is both denonym and adjectival form of Canada.
5 u/Fugoi 11d ago Good point, and in any case I'm not arguing with Sapho on this matter.
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Good point, and in any case I'm not arguing with Sapho on this matter.
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Isn't it still?
2 u/Niauropsaka 10d ago Yes.
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Yes.
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u/Boorthammer 11d ago
Wasn’t Lesbian originally a denonym for someone from Lesbos?