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  • That’s what people usually mean when they talk about the clitoris, you are right.¹ But we are talking about a language vocable in a dictionary here, not about colloquial language. Sign language is not something like an auxiliary language, but a natural one. This is why we can expect from a sign language dictionary that it uses the precise terms. My wife is working as a sign language interpreter and she very often has to prepare vocabulary before a job, then she uses these sites as a dictionary. Common jobs are medical consultations, but also medical conferences are possible. Then she needs precise terms. She doesn’t speak ASL so I can’t ask her about this specific sign, it could be that it can be used for both meanings.

    Please don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to win an argument here. I just want to give another perspective!

    ¹I guess people mean this because the term is older than the knowledge about the anatomy of what it describes. People often just don’t know. This is something that can change.













  • lokalhorst@feddit.orgtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Who suffers da most
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    Before we can find an answer to this question, we need to understand how US Americans measure size. I did a little research on it and want to share my new knowledge with you.

    Please correct me if I am wrong:
    People from the US seem to mix 2 different “units” together - foot/feet and inches. They are notated in short with single (‘) or double ticks (’').

    If I understand correctly, you need to build the sum of the two units, so if somebody is 5’6’’ this means I am 5 feet plus 6 inches tall. So similar to how we would say I am 1 meter and 70 centimeters tall.

    Now this leads to funny things - what is the next size bigger than 5’9’‘? It is 5’10’‘! But 5’10’’ is not 6’. There is also 5’11’‘. This is because one foot is 12 inches! Consequently, 5’12’’ is 6’.

    6’, or I think you actually write it 6’0’‘, is about 182 - 183 cm, I am too lazy to find the exact value right now. This means if you are smaller in size than 6’0’‘, for example 5’11’’ (180 cm, ridiculous), you have zero chances to ever find a dating mate (if I understood correctly).

    Thank you for staying with me so far! Now here comes an interesting fact - in Germany where I live, we have something similar, it is 180 cm. I heard this the last time on the playground when I was 14, but 180 seems to be a magical number over here, even if I don’t think we take it nearly as serious as our brothers in the USA.

    Now, think about it for a second, 6’, 180… they are all more or less clean and pretty numbers. Six - nothing more, nice. 180, just like in Darts!

    It gets funnier though, if we look at the average size in these countries. In Germany it is 182 cm, in the US about 176 cm. That means the “acceptable” size in Germany is 2 cm below average and in the US it is 6-7 cm above average. This is crazy!

    Now let’s get back to the question. Why is this such a fetish in the USA? Is it the same with your penis size?

    Let me tell you my friend, your size (of whatever body part) is totally fine! I mean your ancestors who “cursed” you obviously also weren’t very big and they still managed life and had children. Please stop focusing on dating apps. Go out and get to know real people that share the same interests you do, collecting rocks or history or whatever. If height is so important that probably tells you something - you wouldn’t even want to get to know these women. Who would want to date a person that superficial?

    You really stayed until the end. I hope it was worth it!