comex wrote:
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Now can we get rid of Spivak?
I second this motion. It worked for B.
"they" is fine for unknown referents, but I'm not going to say "I
transfer a prop to ais523 because they did a fine job in their
judgement".
We could of course revert to standard English and use pronouns
appropriate for players' actual genders.
Yes. The discussion on Language Log makes it clear that "they" is
best used for situations where the referent is unknown, or where the
singular person is being drawn from a "vague" set. E.g.,
Each Agoran should ensure that their affairs are in order...
Nonetheless, I don't actually have a problem with your example
involving ais523. Perhaps this is because it's not much of a name.
If you put "Bill" in for ais523, my sensibilities might be more
offended.
Michael.
