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He, it’s not a group of people.
by bergenty 4y ago
He, it’s not a group of people.
- lioeters 4y agoIt's been acceptable since the 14th century to use "they" as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
- edflsafoiewq 4y ago> It typically occurs with an unspecified antecedent
- everybodyknows 4y agoHas Bezos specified "they" as preferred pronoun?
- veidr 4y agoSorry, we're changing that. The only question is whether we (proponents of gender-nonspecific and plural-nonspecific "they") will beat them (people who misspell "lose" as "loose" — remember, it only takes a simple majority[1] (and a bit of time for people to get used to it) to change the language(!)). [1]: As we all are undoubtedly aware, the spelling "cancelled" was canceled via this mechanism, one or two decades ago.
- 1auralynn 4y agoThe commenter is talking about Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, read the article.
- bamboozled 4y agoHis new partner seems to be an influence.