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The National Catholic Register <\/em>has published an article on inclusive language and some of the consequences it may have, specifically for languages that have historically used gendered nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we thought English was difficult…!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the link to the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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