Re: [Gendergap] Calling all neutral user names She?

2011-09-08 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
Feel free. I'm going to continue to use they, which usually fits without violating gender grammar too much. I use they when referring to the third person of a gender-unknown someone I'm not expecting to join the conversation and s/he when I am (possibly as a prod to clarification on said

Re: [Gendergap] Calling all neutral user names She?

2011-09-08 Thread carolmooredc
I used to use they, but with all these she's lately, and some editors calling her he, I thought... why not. Someone mentioned privately http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Modern_solutions So options is best way to go, and let nature take its course as what seems most