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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps by rightbyte on Friday January 20, 2023 @04:21AM (#34450701)
"Child" is gender neutral and was historically neuter when English had genders.

I guess calling a child "it" is impersonal. Calling it "it" to its face is just strange since "it" is 3rd person.

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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps by thaumasiotes on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:11AM (#34451991)
> "Child" is gender neutral and was historically neuter when English had genders.

By 1902, that time was several hundred years in the past.

> Calling [a child] "it" to its face is just strange since "it" is 3rd person.

Sure, but I haven't mentioned any such usage.

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