On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 22:21:00 +0000, Scientific (he/him) ?
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sci...@danwin1210.de> wrote:
>On 4/4/22 20:03, KWills wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 16:02:00 +0000, Scientific (he/him) ?
>> <
sci...@danwin1210.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I am experimenting with an extra pronoun: them! If you want to
>>> refer me here in your electronic mail letters or Usenet articles, please
>>> use either she/her or they/them.
>>>
>>> If you wonder why I'm throwing "they" in the sack of my pronouns, read
>>> this article:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/they-them-questions-answered
>>
>> You're delusional. Only women get to be 'she'. 'They' is plural.
>
>'They' can be also used in a singular form - and in fact, it has been so
>since 14th century.
>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
>
>It hasn't been until 21st century when it had started to be used by
>transgender people. Language is evolving all the time - you just have
>seen in the last few years how people started going with (he/him),
>(she/her) and (she/they) in my case in their "From" headers.
We reject your attempts to evolve (i.e. fuck up) the language.
>I wonder how software would handle person's gender and pronouns if
>transgender issues were more prominent in early days of computing
>(1950s-1970s).
'Transgender issues' have never been anything more than delusions of
the mentally ill. There was absolutely no reason for software
developers to take any notice.
--
KWills
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