This article was produced independently with support from Lingoda. Join the Lingoda Language Marathon today.ĭo you have a favourite word you'd like to see us cover? If so, please email our editor Rachel Stern with your suggestion. But thanks to the gender star it also can have the English meaning of gender, or Geschlecht in German. Since the turn of the millennium in Germany, the verb “ gendern” has found itself in its technical meaning: “Realizing equality between men and women”. Ladies and gentlemen, we present you with the newest Denglisch term. Within just a few years, the so-called “Gender Star” had become a Gendersternchen. This texts contains two examples of the Gendersternchen, Einwohner*innen and Mitarbeiter*innen. Living in Germany? Never learned German? Join the Lingoda Language Marathon and learn for free.
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Being linguists, they were also, well, star struck that the word Gendersternchen shows how quickly German can use words or phrases borrowed from English to form new words – words that aren’t quite English nor German. The Anglicism jury didn’t just praise the word for the concept of gender equality it represents. In 2018, there was also a discussion among the Council for German Spelling about a possible inclusion of the Gendersternchen in official bureaucratic spelling. Recently a lot of attention has been cast on Hanover because it has introduced a new “Recommendation for a Gender Equitable Administrative Language” urging institutions to also adapt gender neutral ways of representing word. 2018 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Asterix: Le Secret de la potion magique) with Christian Clavier as Asterix 1 Liveaction edit 1967 Two Romans in Gaul (' Deux Romains en Gaule ') - a television film combining live action and animation black & white and one hour long.
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The Free University linguist is a proponent of gender-equitable language and welcomes the Gendersternchen in order to make gender visible beyond men and women when naming groups of people.īut it’s not only in liberal Berlin that you’re likely to spot the star when reading texts – be it a newspaper asking addressing its readers (liberal daily taz uses Leser*innen) or a landlord addressing tenants (for example, Mieter*innen). They were also swayed by the central importance that the sign – and the word for it – have had in the debate “on the difficult and highly controversial issue of linguistic equality of different sexes,” said Anatol Stefanowitsch, chairman of the jury, on Tuesday in Berlin. On Tuesday, the so-called Anglicism Jury at Free University Berlin made their selection based on the increasingly widespread use of this asterisk “in public language,” they said. Click here to learn German for free! Limited places, offer ends soon. Time's running out to join the Lingoda Language Marathon. An example: Renters in the normally male plural of Mieter can become the female plural of Mieter*innen. This would mean that the monthly payments I make would actually reduce the balance outstanding to your company, therefore giving me more incentive to pay.When this little star is inserted into words it makes it possible to address all genders at the same time in written German. I would therefore be grateful if you would reconsider your decision not to freeze the interest. Also, the cooperation of my other creditors who have agreed to freeze interest would be put at risk. If interest charges continue, the monthly instalments I am paying will not even cover the interest. I have now paid considerable sums in interest to the above account. They have accepted that to continue to charge interest would not assist me in my present financial situation and can only serve to increase my total debt. The majority of my other creditors have agreed to the offer of payment and agreed to suspend any interest charges. Even a reduction in the amount charged would be of benefit to me. Whilst I appreciate that ** do not offer interest free credit, surely under the circumstances it would be fair and sympathetic to cease the interest. Whilst I am very grateful that *** have accepted my monthly payments under the Debt Management Plan, I am extremely upset and demoralized that ** have continued to add an inordinate amount of interest to my account on a monthly basis. (put your creditor's name where the asterix are) I have also made an official complaint to Barclaycard and I had a response that they were dealing with it and would be in touch soon.īasically, I said. So yes, write and ask them to stop or reduce it.
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Lodge, I complained (strongly) about interest with Nat West CC and they sent a nice letter in return and have ceased adding it and made a refund.