faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day 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-square112fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12
arrow-up144arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·edit-21 day agoWhy isn’t it just common practice to 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-up3arrow-down1·13 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-up11·1 day agoNot only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·1 day agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down10·edit-21 day agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoYou were not appreciated in your time.
minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down25·1 day agoBecause “they” refers to multiple people?
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI was taught this very aggressively in school, but it turns out that it’s just not true and there’s a long history of singular they.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 day agoSingular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
minus-squareAlinor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 day agoIt doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoLike at least since English has been a language.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day 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?
Why isn’t it just common practice to 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?
I was taught this very aggressively in school, but it turns out that it’s just not true and there’s a long history of singular they.
Singular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
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.
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?