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It alienates everyone who cares about accuracy and everyone who is sick of politics infiltrating every last corner of our lives. You may not fall into either o
by torstenvl 5y ago
It alienates everyone who cares about accuracy and everyone who is sick of politics infiltrating every last corner of our lives.
You may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure you, it's a lot of people.
For reference, the gender-neutral singular in English is "they/them/their"
they
/T͟Hā/ pronoun
2.
used to refer to a person of unspecified gender.
- UncleMeat 5y agoI think you'll find that the set of people who complain about using "she/her" in abstract contexts also complain about using "they".
- saalweachter 5y ago> You may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure you, it's a lot of people. I think thou'st meant "Thou may not fall into either of those two camps, but let me assure thee, it's a lot of people." The commenter thou art replying to is a singular person, not a group, and as we know, while other words may come and go, the use of pronouns in a language does not change over time.
- torstenvl 5y agoSingular "they" dates back to the 14th century. "Thou" fell out of use in the 17th century. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200700 https://www.etymonline.com/word/thee#etymonline_v_10720 https://www.etymonline.com/word/thee#etymonline_v_10720
- xboxnolifes 5y ago> For reference, the gender-neutral singular in English is "they/them/their" Let me also assure you that "they" hasn't always been (and still isn't to many) accepted as a singular pronoun. Crazy how things change.