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AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
September 02 2008 03:00 GMT
#1
I've noticed a rather annoying trend as of late. Everyone knows that it's been a problem that some people tend to use "him" or "he" instead of "him/her" and "he/she". But lately, I've seen a fair amount of people using 'her" and "she" when trying to convey a generalized pronoun.

not all government failures are of the administrative kind, and the president herself is not the sole carrier of this administrative ability.


Seriously, it's annoying. Why couldn't this person have said "themself"? I've seen this kind of garbage everywhere lately. In general, though, I think the english language has a serious problem in this regard... generalized pronouns don't apply in all situations. Why haven't new words been invented to alleviate this problem? How about "hh"?



LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1839 Posts
September 02 2008 03:02 GMT
#2
"Themself" isn't a word, and "them" is plural.
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ahrara_
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Afghanistan1715 Posts
September 02 2008 03:03 GMT
#3
lol i didnt even notice that when he posted.

i agree that language influences how we see the world, but i'm annoyed by people who take that idea too seriously.
in Afghanistan we have 20% literacy rate
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-02 03:06:25
September 02 2008 03:06 GMT
#4
A word was invented to solve this problem but nobody uses it. Male is the default gender, as this is the problem with our society (well, one of them)
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
September 02 2008 03:07 GMT
#5
male default YA
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-02 03:12:15
September 02 2008 03:11 GMT
#6
what OneOther said, it's not garbage it's the rule :D
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ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
September 02 2008 03:18 GMT
#7
english needs gender-neutral pronouns
he/him/his
she/her/her
ve/ver/vis?
imBLIND
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2626 Posts
September 02 2008 03:24 GMT
#8
a lot of languages need gender-neutral pronouns...its messy in romance and english
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NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
September 02 2008 03:24 GMT
#9
Male gender seems to be the "default", except when it comes to things like someone's car, or any other object someone finds really important.

"she's a fuckin beauty, eh?"
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fonger
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United Kingdom1218 Posts
September 02 2008 03:26 GMT
#10
you guys need to start thinking outside the box

if we eradicate women, this will cease to be an issue
raiame
Profile Joined December 2007
United States421 Posts
September 02 2008 03:41 GMT
#11
On September 02 2008 12:18 ieatkids5 wrote:
english needs gender-neutral pronouns
he/him/his
she/her/her
ve/ver/vis?

it/it/its
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
September 02 2008 03:43 GMT
#12
On September 02 2008 12:26 fonger wrote:
you guys need to start thinking outside the box

if we eradicate women, this will cease to be an issue

Faggot.

The real solution is to remove them from politics and anything of importance, and refer to them as "it"s.
Peace~
d34gl3r
Profile Joined December 2007
Korea (South)92 Posts
September 02 2008 03:44 GMT
#13
yeah uh
you can use ve/ver/vis
the rest of us will use it/it/its

ignorance is bliss
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Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
September 02 2008 04:06 GMT
#14
On September 02 2008 12:24 Valentine wrote:
Male gender seems to be the "default", except when it comes to things like someone's car, or any other object someone finds really important.

"she's a fuckin beauty, eh?"


That's because it'd be pretty gay if they said "he's a fuckin beauty, eh?"
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
September 02 2008 04:12 GMT
#15
it's the queens english

welcome to the 16th century

oh wait..
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
September 02 2008 04:15 GMT
#16
how the hell could this bother you? get over it
Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4641 Posts
September 02 2008 04:52 GMT
#17
Not as retarded as the use of "firewoman" or "policewoman" and such.
This neo violence, pure self defiance
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
September 02 2008 04:59 GMT
#18
This is irritating because such usage is somehow considered politically correct whereas using the male pronoun for a general person is considered politically incorrect.

I don't like grammatically incorrect alternatives such as plural pronouns, and I think females would much prefer to be referred to as "he" than "it" as they know we are superior anyways.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-02 05:05:34
September 02 2008 05:05 GMT
#19
I think "he/she" is a stupid thing to say. It makes me think of a transsexual. Correct format is "he or she."

"Not as retarded as the use of "firewoman" or "policewoman" and such."

What's wrong with that if you're talking about a woman? I mean, firewoman sounds awkward, because Fire Fighter works just as well. Firemen and woman sounds good too. Policewoman doesn't sound awkward at all to me.

I don't know. It doesn't really bother me except when someone goes overboard and sacrifices the quality of their speech by being super politically correct. Saying policewoman is important though, because it recognizes a change in society where before they weren't even allowed on the force, now they deserve a credit to their efforts to a more equal society. I mean, imagine you've got a graduation ceremony of mostly women at the academy, and you start only saying policemen... It's just weird. Are they somehow men at heart because they do a man's job? Or is it something you don't lose your gender while working?

EDIT: Actually... Just say police officers...
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