Meloso also refers to "mild". You can have "jamón meloso", but the origin, as you mention is from miel.
And yes, in order to match grammatical gender (which was taught to us kids of the liberal 80s as something different from sex by feminist teachers), persona is a feminine word
Personas humanas...
It's very normal to hear "Es que, como personas, somos muy malas", even said by a man. This reinforces the theory (which is not politically correct) that "hombres" also means "hombres y mujeres". Now you hear politicians say "Queridos y queridas ciudadanos y ciudadanas". Yuck... Or "vamos todos y todas", or what's worse, written "vamos tod@s".
Then remember that we use more "Gente" as a word. "La gente es mala", "la gente es celosa", "la gente es posesiva".
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Date: 2009-07-07 08:05 am (UTC)And yes, in order to match grammatical gender (which was taught to us kids of the liberal 80s as something different from sex by feminist teachers), persona is a feminine word
Personas humanas...
It's very normal to hear "Es que, como personas, somos muy malas", even said by a man. This reinforces the theory (which is not politically correct) that "hombres" also means "hombres y mujeres". Now you hear politicians say "Queridos y queridas ciudadanos y ciudadanas". Yuck... Or "vamos todos y todas", or what's worse, written "vamos tod@s".
Then remember that we use more "Gente" as a word. "La gente es mala", "la gente es celosa", "la gente es posesiva".