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[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah she actually means the Pluralism Benevolentiae. E.g. when a nurse is saying "We go to the toilet now, aren't we?" but it actually means "You must go to the toilet but I will be there with you".

There is also the Pluralis inclusivus like in scientific texts. Which I personally find really weird.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

My team and I have come to the conclusion that we don’t like you for finding the pluralis inclusivus weird.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

Does that term come from linguistics? I'd like to learn more about it