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Re:The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job by thebooktocome on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:13AM (#27915257)
> You don’t get to redefine language and force your linguistic preferences on others. That’s not how language works.

I don't particularly care about rehashing the ethics of preferred pronouns right now, but what you've described is exactly how language works. You might look into why standard practice moved away from capitalizing nouns in the 19th century.

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Re:The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job by neolog on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:21AM (#27916000)
> why standard practice moved away from capitalizing nouns in the 19th century.

I can't find any reason on google. Got a link?

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Re:The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job by wyldfire on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:18AM (#27915291)
Deutsch is keeping the faith in the twenty first century!
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Re:The FPGA Designer Who Didn't Get the Job by vmception on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:35AM (#27915392)
Not only on capitalized pronouns but heavily intrinsically gendered language!

English is like easy mode for inclusion.

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