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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter?
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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It is used and has a negative connotation.
It only has a negative connotation because it is generally an "animal" word and humans believe themselves special and somehow above and separate from animals. It is the same with referring to someone using an object pronoun. Call someone "it" in English and see how fast they lose their shit. Like, mother fucker, you warp spacetime and have volume, you are a fucking object.
Yeah, but the negative connotation is the exclusion of agency
Unique perspective right there. I appreciate the rare respect for non human species though. Feels like the vast majority here has hierarchical thoughts when it comes to other species.
People already refer to their (differently aged) groups of children a litter. I don't think I've ever heard it used in a negative way, though