My situation was that I was told he and she were not acceptable...
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From: Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 10:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT please splain me sumptin
But if you knew the person was Fred, then you could use he, or if the
person's name was Frederica, then you cold use she.
Different if the person is Pat.
bp
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On 12/23/2017 9:26 AM, Jay Weekley wrote:
It could get awkward to use a name instead of a pronoun in every sentence.
For example, "Fred's task was going well for Fred but then Fred ran into a
problem that caused Fred's task to come to a standstill. However, Fred
used Fred's ingenuity to solve Fred's problem and now Fred is ahead of
schedule."
Bill Prince wrote:
I would say "Fred needs to do this task", or "Frederica needs to do this
task."
bp
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On 12/23/2017 9:01 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
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— 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.
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