FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the more neutral "xhe"

Re:FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the... by thaweatherman on Sunday March 23, 2014 @10:40AM (#7453486)

Title made me think Stallman did this. FSF = Free Software Foundation not these people. Are xhe and xhem even real words? They make absolutely no sense

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Re:FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the... by DanBC on Sunday March 23, 2014 @10:57AM (#7453555)

Xhe and xhem are real words in that real people use them in the real world.

Gender neutral pronouns are important to some people. Everything so far for English will either be made up, or have some problem.

I'm not sure why you think xhe makes less sense than either he or she.

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Re:FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the... by jeremysmyth on Sunday March 23, 2014 @11:00AM (#7453571)

The PR changes "the" to "xhe" and "they" to "xhey".

Regardless of what you might think of the gender inflexibility of "he" and "she", it's pretty clear that words like "the" and "they" are not candidates for progressive change regardless of your position on feminism.

The PR is satire, and judging by many of the comments on this thread, quite good satire!

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Re:FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the... by DanBC on Sunday March 23, 2014 @11:10AM (#7453606)

It is good satire! Or good trolling. I am enjoying it.

I didn't realise the search and replace for "he" was done poorly and includes "the". That possibly weaking the satire but increases the trolling.

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Re:FSF wants to replace "the" pronoun in Linux Kernel by the... by mschuster91 on Sunday March 23, 2014 @10:53AM (#7453540)

Feminist do not make sense. If you want to see German Feminazis live in action then just read http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=addeacc3 ...

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