Even as a gay man (and software engineer), I only barely recognized a couple of the female words from studying French. Otherwise I was clueless. I knew 100% of the male words, and use most of them regularly given my hobbies and interests (excluding the Japanese words and "shemale", which seems like slang uttered by young people, if I had to guess?).
And, no, I've never shopped for textiles. "Jacquard" is certainly very familiar given its relation to computing--and having lived and worked in Lyon. My parents even worked in textiles growing up, but I was nonetheless clueless.
TIL that I own a few nice Chambray shirts, courtesy of Google ;-)
And, no, I've never shopped for textiles. "Jacquard" is certainly very familiar given its relation to computing--and having lived and worked in Lyon. My parents even worked in textiles growing up, but I was nonetheless clueless.
TIL that I own a few nice Chambray shirts, courtesy of Google ;-)