That one time feminists decided that language was oppressive to women and tried to create a new language better suited to expressing women's views.

Piroko · 2014-10-05T18:06:19+00:00

"WE HAVE FOUND A WITCH MAY WE BURN HER?"

"How do you know she is a witch?"

"SHE'S SPEAKING LAADAN!"

Jarka_Ruus · 2014-10-05T19:50:25+00:00

...is designed to counter male-centered language's limitations on women, who are forced to respond "I know I said that, but I meant this".

Today I learned that men never need to clarify or otherwise make mistakes when talking.

Lrellok · 2014-10-06T06:52:54+00:00

I particularly love the part where logical fallicies are built into the structure of every sentance. That is just gold.

Saturnalia93 · 2014-10-05T17:49:44+00:00

LOL, I think Esperanto was more successful.

redpillbanana · 2014-10-05T23:57:27+00:00

Láadan: Once Upon A Time In The Matriarchy.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Lagaan.jpg

a-brown-bear · 2014-10-06T05:59:33+00:00

The grammatical gender thing I can understand but this....at the same time, the effort is sort of impressive. but I say that more as a person with an interest in language.

Title	That one time feminists decided that language was oppressive to women and tried to create a new language better suited to expressing women's views.
Author	Mardiss
Upvotes	5
Comments	13
Date	October 5, 2014 5:47 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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