BrikoXSep 1, 2023

X (née Twitter) wants to collect your biometric data and employment history

https://lemmy.zip/post/2168697

X (née Twitter) wants to collect your biometric data and employment history - Lemmy.zip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2168693 [https://lemmy.zip/post/2168693] > Archived version: https://archive.ph/7z5X3 [https://archive.ph/7z5X3] > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230901025209/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-nee-twitter-wants-to-collect-your-biometric-data-and-employment-history/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230901025209/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-nee-twitter-wants-to-collect-your-biometric-data-and-employment-history/]

Show threadslst
Née? Do english speakers use “born” in french as a substitute for formerly?
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:09pmWeb
Show threadRojaBunnySep 1, 2023
It’s used for indicating someone’s maiden name usually, just tongue-in-cheek I wager by whoever wrote the title.
Show threadslstSep 1, 2023
I mean yeah in france it is, don’t you use born in english?
Show threadRojaBunnySep 2, 2023
Sometimes, but in more official writing (like a bio or even Wikipedia) we’ll use née. Just another word the English language stole from other languages 😂
Show threadbionicjoeySep 2, 2023
Sometimes, but née is a more… Academic way of putting it. Like how academic papers use Latin phrases rather than their colloquial versions in English.