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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

and it’s not as if there isn’t a historical usage of singular-they which has been established in English usage going back to the 1300s.

yeahhhhh but it's, like, totally differeeeeent when singular they is referring to a generic or unknown person 😭😭😭😭😭 singular they for specific, known persons only dates to the 2000s 😭😭😭😭😭 i literally can't call someone they if i know their name or else i will pissé pant 😭😭😭😭😭

(※based on a real argument I heard)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's true.

Everyone does the best that ~~they~~ he or she can although when it comes to pronouns it becomes hard for ~~them~~ him or her to do the absolute minimum and ~~they~~ he or she definitely wouldn't unintentionally use third person they in ~~their~~ his or her speech because that would confuse and infuriate ~~their~~ his or her audience.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That used to tick me off even going back to elementary school