Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by driverdan on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:18PM
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Quite frankly your wishes really don't matter in this context. They want to be called it, that's all that matters.
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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by ripdog on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:24PM
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I find it particularly amusing that you used the wrong pronoun while scolding me to use the correct pronouns for her.
If that doesn't prove the impracticality of using "it" as a pronoun, I don't know what does.
It breaks the rules of English that we all understand subconsciously, so it's difficult to do without consciously thinking about every single usage of a pronoun in a sentence, which is not how most people type.
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by driverdan on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:41PM
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I use the word "they" in that context all the time regardless of gender or pronoun. I actually thought about that before using it. It's a common use of the word "they" in casual English.