Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by mproud on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:32PM
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A very modern convention is now using “they/their” when a person may not be aware of someone’s preferred pronoun. And even still, I have also seen people abandon gendered pronouns entirely.
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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by distortionfield on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:53PM
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It’s also just far easier to use a plural pronoun to refer to a singular person to reflect the idea that you’re talking about their whole persona, brand, work, etc… and not just specifically the human being, IMO.
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by culi on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:07AM
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It's also a very old method. In fact, he/she is a later evolution of the English language. "He/his" used to be more equivalent to "it/its". It wasn't until ~15th century that the modern "he/him" and "she/her" fully evolved. "They/them" meanwhile was in full use by the 14th century
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by upsidesinclude on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:11AM
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No one speaks in middle english. Dead language rules and customs are irrelevant to modern language norms.
People once walketh befide their mules, but now we gots lambos
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by WaxProlix on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:26AM
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And yet, pronoun ragers cleave to Olde Anglishe in an attempte to rectifye Ye langge. Sadge.
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by culi on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:48AM
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This train of thought makes no sense. The fact that something originated in Old English doesn't at all mean it's dead. He/She also originated in Old English, just a little later. Should I make fun of people using he/him, she/her pronouns because they're "clinging to Olde Anglishe"? lol
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by upsidesinclude on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:23AM
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No one made that claim.
Your comment is non sequitor
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by culi on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:45AM
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Using they/them as a neutral pronoun is not dead and never died...
Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by upsidesinclude on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:23AM
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Ah, "neutral"