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Since when is Google a he? Perhaps it is some quirk of your language that makes the direct translation take masculine form? Edit: Sorry if this came off as rud
by ErikBjare 12y ago
Since when is Google a he? Perhaps it is some quirk of your language that makes the direct translation take masculine form?
Edit: Sorry if this came off as rude, was not intended.
- tomp 12y agoInstead of just criticising, maybe you could suggest how parent should improve? I'm always very confused about what personal pronoun to use for organisations or companies.
- masklinn 12y agoThe singular impersonal "it" when talking about Google as a corporate entity (its component personnel would likely be "Googlers"). So "Google pays its taxes" and "Google doesn't pay its taxes".
- tomp 12y agoIsn't "they" used sometimes as well? At least it's frequently used for "police"...
- Symmetry 12y agoYou would use "they" to refer to the class of people who are police but "it" to refer to organizations like a police department.
- JonnieCache 12y agoIt's standard in british english to refer to all companies/coporate entities/groups as "they." Personally I enjoy the moral implications of this.
- ErikBjare 12y agoNot criticizing, first I was confused then I realized it was likely to be a side-effect of being a native speaker of German or another language. Sorry if it came out wrong.
- benihana 12y ago>Interestingly, here in Belgium This clued me in as to why someone might call google 'he.'