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Clearly "they" refers to the recipient of this sentence. /s Unlike e.g. German, English doesn't have a gender neutral singular pronoun to use. The only one tha
by CiPHPerCoder 7y ago
Clearly "they" refers to the recipient of this sentence. /s
Unlike e.g. German, English doesn't have a gender neutral singular pronoun to use. The only one that fits naturally in most peoples' conversation (and doesn't sound like something uttered by a science fiction-inspired cult) is "singular they".
- b3orn 7y agoThe gender neutral singular pronoun in German "es" is the same as the english "it". And it would be weird to apply it to a person in both languages.
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- ernst_klim 7y ago>Unlike e.g. German, English doesn't have a gender neutral singular pronoun to use. What German pronoun are you talking about?
- CiPHPerCoder 7y agoMy German is very rusty. I was thinking of the different gendered language bits in general rather than pronouns in particular.
- ernst_klim 7y agoWhich bits? In German Er is used for such purposes.
- CiPHPerCoder 7y agoMe: says something You: points out I'm wrong Me: concedes I'm mistaken You: continues to question me Why?