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by ben_w 1651 days ago
If there’s a women’s-only language in the U.K. I’ve never heard of it, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one. I do however think the U.K. has different linguistic patterns for aristocracy vs. everyone else, both with the echo of Anglo-Saxon vs. Norman (cow/beef, sheep/mutton etc.); and also with the specific posh accent, formal modes of address that most people don’t bother with, and random use of Latin, Greek, and French.