• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    17 days ago

    puer is just the regular word for boy, as in ”young male” without any sexual connotation.

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      17 days ago

      Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts.

      Oh that one? He’s a guy. But him over there <points> he’s a boy <wink>