Tag: gender-appropriate language
Same but different – knowledge
Progress, this diva, likes to mask itself. So it happens that problems shrink and yet all we do is complain. Of course, even when things improve, they are not necessarily…
Scratcher’s vocabulary: Hupfhaxerte Pedestrians – Bavaria
A city councilor from Vienna caused a stir because in a message she wrote pedestrians rather than pedestrians. The tabloid press became alarmed: “The city of Vienna is abolishing the…
Söder defends the planned gender ban in schools against growing criticism – Bavaria
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has defended the gender ban he announced in schools against criticism from teachers’ and parents’ associations. “I believe that gender divides our society more…
“Danger of further division”: Educational associations criticize Söder’s gender ban – Bavaria
The announced gender ban in Bavaria’s schools has met with a lot of criticism and rejection from educational associations. “I don’t think a hard ban on new spellings (…) is…
Rockets, supercomputers and gender bans: This is how Söder sees Bavaria’s future – Bavaria
When he talked about the supercomputer that they wanted to develop in Bavaria, the otherwise robust, fatherly Prime Minister briefly sounded like an astonished boy. Such a quantum computer could…
Ingo Schulze new President of the Academy for Language and Poetry – Culture
The German Academy for Language and Poetry elected a new executive board at its autumn meeting. With Ingo Schulze, a writer becomes president of the most important German institution for…
Spelling council decides on gender stars: what the experts recommend – culture
The Council for German Spelling sticks to its recommendation from 2021 not to include any so-called internal characters in gendering in the spelling rules. After the meeting on Friday, it…
Star, colon or not at all? Spelling council wants to give gender recommendation – Panorama
Colon, underscore and asterisk in the word: Controversial debates about gender are constantly being held. The Council for German Spelling is advising on gender-sensitive writing this Friday in Eupen, Belgium…
Council for German spelling advises on gender – Panorama
Colon, underscore and asterisk in the word: Controversial debates about gender are constantly being held. The Council for German Spelling is advising on gender-sensitive writing this Friday in Eupen, Belgium…
Söder derbleckt Aiwanger: "Otherwise he’ll do another demo in Erding"
At the “Bavaricum Symposium” in Munich’s Augustinerkeller, the speakers made fun of the Greens and the “Bionade bourgeoisie” – and Prime Minister Markus Söder blew his deputy Hubert Aiwanger. What…