faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours agoIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down6·edit-222 hours agoWhy isn’t it just common practice jmto just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”? Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
minus-squarefaultypidgeon@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoLove how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·17 hours agoNot only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·21 hours agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down4·20 hours agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down13·edit-221 hours agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours agoYou were not appreciated in your time.
minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down27·21 hours agoBecause “they” refers to multiple people?
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·17 hours agoSingular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·17 hours agoMy friend forgot their umbrella at the office. They nervously answered the phone. They’re a lazy motherfucker. I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery. Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
minus-squareAlinor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·20 hours agoIt doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·20 hours agoLike at least since English has been a language.
Why isn’t it just common practice jmto just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”?
Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
Love how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
Not only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
The fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
Yea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
I am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin!
Rawr!
You were not appreciated in your time.
Because “they” refers to multiple people?
Singular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
My friend forgot their umbrella at the office.
They nervously answered the phone.
They’re a lazy motherfucker.
I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery.
Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
It doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
Like at least since English has been a language.