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I would think that most people would understand a Twitter line such as “Algeria/programmer/he/FOSS activist”, which is how it is often phrased with the other th
by Blikkentrekker 6y ago
I would think that most people would understand a Twitter line such as “Algeria/programmer/he/FOSS activist”, which is how it is often phrased with the other things in such fields.
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe longer convention came first. And it's more distinct when spoken.
- damnyou 6y agoYes, most people would, which is why there's been a move towards what you're describing over the last 1-2 years. Language goes through a natural process of elision, of dropping what's unnecessary. This is no different. It's generally cis allies who put "He/Him/His" in caps and stuff anyway. Most of the trans people I know have just switched to saying "he" or "he/him".