Re:Jeff Bezos to give most of his money to charity
by veidr on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:35AM
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Sorry, we're changing that.
The only question is whether we (proponents of gender-nonspecific and plural-nonspecific "they") will beat them (people who misspell "lose" as "loose" — remember, it only takes a simple majority[1] (and a bit of time for people to get used to it) to change the language(!)).
[1]: As we all are undoubtedly aware, the spelling "cancelled" was canceled via this mechanism, one or two decades ago.
The only question is whether we (proponents of gender-nonspecific and plural-nonspecific "they") will beat them (people who misspell "lose" as "loose" — remember, it only takes a simple majority[1] (and a bit of time for people to get used to it) to change the language(!)).
[1]: As we all are undoubtedly aware, the spelling "cancelled" was canceled via this mechanism, one or two decades ago.