its totally stupid is what it is. these "people" demanding we violate the rules of grammar so they can be unique, just like everybody else, have no worth. Language is designed to allow semi efficient communication. Pronouns allow us to deliver bulk data it concise format. Just because mammy breast fed you in public til you were 22 and mammypappy never made you clean your room doesnt mean you have authority to change the laws of grammar F them or, him, it, her, tree, cat, dodecahedron
and google is getting in on it, it doesnt believe dodecahedron is a word, puts a red line under it, because who am i to assign a face count to a polygon, I dont know how many faces is identifies as F google too On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 11:01 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Let’s say I have a welder that looks like a dude. And I want “him” to do > a particular task. Would I say to a supervisor “they need to do this task” > rather than “he needs to do this task”. Them clearly will not work. (This > is not totally academic, I did have a welder...) Probably should not say > have s/he do the task. How do you pronounce that. shuh hee > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, December 23, 2017 9:54 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT please splain me sumptin > > — who identifies as non-binary transgender and prefers the pronouns “they” > and “them”— > > How do you use this in speech? They and them are plural in my mind. >
