Please note, OED (which is the definition of the English language whatever any USA upstarts may try to pretend) is gearing up to define "they" as both singular and plural, thus at a stroke solving all the he/she, she/he, (s)he, it faffing.
On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 19:05 +0000, via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 18:41:56 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > > That's actually a good idea, you might not have noticed it, but > > I rarely use "he" alone as a general term and I notice it when > > other people do. Little things like this in language can make a > > difference in people's feelings and cause discomfort in the > > environment. > > Sure, follow your own ethics, but that won't work in an > international environment as a rule without coming off as > censorship. You cannot force people globally to follow a local > culture. I also try to cut down on the term "you" as a general > term since people might think I mean them personally. > > At some point you just have question intent if there is a > misunderstanding, rather than control every expression or else > everything becomes "it": > > "A bad programmer create bugs when it edits its files...". > > And if people force you to write "it", it is quite reasonable to > wonder what else they strongly object to so you better just stay > silent. I really do try to cut down on the term "you"? -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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