On 24 September 2015 at 11:33, Gavin Flower
wrote:
> An example from a book on PostgreSQL server programming that I'm working
> through (Note that it is obviously awkward to write with gender pronouns
> when gender is irrelevant, note the "he she" in one place and
On 22 September 2015 at 21:22, David Steele wrote:
> I think conversations like this are a part of why we have trouble
> attracting new contributors (of any gender) to the community.
>
βIt's very clear that my use of the word (which I shan't make the mistake
of repeating!)
On 22 September 2015 at 09:28, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Erik Rijkers wrote:
> >> I think this compulsive 'he'-avoiding is making the text worse.
> >>
> >>
> >> - environment variable); any
On 22 September 2015 at 14:09, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> You are fighting a losing battle. Think of they/them/their/theirs as being
> indefinitely gendered third person singular pronouns, as well as being
> third person plural pronouns. Yes it's a relatively new usage, but I
On 22 September 2015 at 10:52, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz>
wrote:
> On 22/09/15 21:33, Geoff Winkless wrote:
>
>> ββ
>> Without wanting to get into a grammar war, βI'm not so sure I agree that
>> it "condones" it. Dictionaries reflect the c
Oh, good! We're actually going to have this argument? Even though I said I
don't care what you do?
On 22 September 2015 at 15:11, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:
> On 09/22/2015 09:25 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote:
>
>> If someone sends me a document that uses "the