4 ms·
Semantics aside, if you don't want to refer to someone the way they want to be referred to, then kindly consider not speaking to them.
by sverona 4y ago
Semantics aside, if you don't want to refer to someone the way they want to be referred to, then kindly consider not speaking to them.
- grumple 4y agoYou missed the point, which is that these pronouns are explicitly never used when speaking to you. They are not used for addressing you. They are in reference to you, so they will only occur when other people are speaking to one other.
- sverona 4y agoTrue. I have in mind situations in which I am physically there. I should have said, "If you don't want to refer to someone properly, then don't refer to them at all."