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Has anyone been disputing the continued use of 'they' in referring to a person of unknown gender? I was under the impression that the recent controversy surrou
by Liquix 7y ago
Has anyone been disputing the continued use of 'they' in referring to a person of unknown gender?
I was under the impression that the recent controversy surrounding the word is linked to the LGBTQ movement.
- CiPHPerCoder 7y ago> I was under the impression that the recent controversy surrounding the word is linked to the LGBTQ movement. Nobody I know in the LGBTQ community takes issue with "singular they". In fact, many of my close non-binary friends prefer they/them.
- grardb 7y agoI think Liquix is referring to the inverse scenario, which is people outside the LGBTQ community refusing to use "they" to refer to someone who prefers they/them.
- thebooktocome 7y agoNot really. Prescriptivists have been fighting singular they since the Victorian era. https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/ https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...
- GoodJokes 7y agoEver met an angry old white man?