Libre
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It occurred to me recently that the English language (and perhaps all or most other languages) is missing several important words.
Shouldn't there be a different word for a female sibling of a male as opposed to a female sibling of a female - not just "sister", and correspondingly, a male sibling of a male versus a male sibling of a female - not just "brother"? If I write, "My sister and I went bowling" you know that I went with my sister, a female, but you don't know my gender from what I wrote, so that is ambiguous. I think sister-brother, sister-sister, and brother-brother relationships are different enough to warrent different words. Any suggestions?
Shouldn't there be a different word for a female sibling of a male as opposed to a female sibling of a female - not just "sister", and correspondingly, a male sibling of a male versus a male sibling of a female - not just "brother"? If I write, "My sister and I went bowling" you know that I went with my sister, a female, but you don't know my gender from what I wrote, so that is ambiguous. I think sister-brother, sister-sister, and brother-brother relationships are different enough to warrent different words. Any suggestions?