faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up181
arrow-up181message-squareIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·edit-21 month agoWhy isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”? Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
minus-squareTyoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 month agoThe fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 month agoYea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoI am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin! Rawr!
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoNot only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
minus-squarefaultypidgeon@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoLove how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoBecause “they” refers to multiple people?
minus-squareAlinor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 month agoIt doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoLike at least since English has been a language.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 month agoSingular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
minus-squareFondots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoMy friend forgot their umbrella at the office. They nervously answered the phone. They’re a lazy motherfucker. I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery. Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI was taught this very aggressively in school, but it turns out that it’s just not true and there’s a long history of singular they.
Why isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”?
Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
The fun part is that you’ll have people complaining about it either way!
Yea, but the people who complain about “they” are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
I am offended by your use of ‘people’, that excludes folk and kin!
Rawr!
You were not appreciated in your time.
Not only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular “they” is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
Love how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
Because “they” refers to multiple people?
It doesn’t though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
Like at least since English has been a language.
Singular “they” actually predates singular “you”.
My friend forgot their umbrella at the office.
They nervously answered the phone.
They’re a lazy motherfucker.
I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery.
Any of those sound unusual, or like they’re referring to more than one person?
I was taught this very aggressively in school, but it turns out that it’s just not true and there’s a long history of singular they.