WillStealYourUsernameM to 196English · 4 days agoHey sis, you're looking ruley great today!lockexternal-linkmessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up1753
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minus-squareWillStealYourUsernameOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-23 days agofolks, friend(s), y’all, sweetie, partner, sport, buddy, pal, chum, sunshine, fam
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoIsn’t “pal” masculine, with “gal” being the feminine version?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoSpeaking only from my own experience, I’ve never associated “pal” with masculinity. “Gal” is, to my knowledge, the feminine form of “guy”
minus-squareWillStealYourUsernameOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoOh, maybe! I’m not an english speaker
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoLooking at wiktionary, apparently the two words have completely separate etymologies - but “pal” is borrowed from “brother” in one language, while “gal” is borrowed from “girl” in a different language (which itself derived it from English, I think?) Language can be funky
folks, friend(s), y’all, sweetie, partner, sport, buddy,
pal, chum, sunshine, famWillStealYourNicknames
Isn’t “pal” masculine, with “gal” being the feminine version?
Speaking only from my own experience, I’ve never associated “pal” with masculinity. “Gal” is, to my knowledge, the feminine form of “guy”
Oh, maybe! I’m not an english speaker
Looking at wiktionary, apparently the two words have completely separate etymologies - but “pal” is borrowed from “brother” in one language, while “gal” is borrowed from “girl” in a different language (which itself derived it from English, I think?)
Language can be funky