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AcrossFiveJulys
United States3612 Posts
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"?  | ||
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LeperKahn
Romania1852 Posts
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
i agree that language influences how we see the world, but i'm annoyed by people who take that idea too seriously. | ||
micronesia
United States24787 Posts
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
he/him/his she/her/her ve/ver/vis? | ||
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
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NrG.Bamboo
United States2756 Posts
"she's a fuckin beauty, eh?" | ||
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fonger
United Kingdom1218 Posts
if we eradicate women, this will cease to be an issue | ||
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raiame
United States421 Posts
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 | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
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. | ||
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d34gl3r
Korea (South)92 Posts
you can use ve/ver/vis the rest of us will use it/it/its ignorance is bliss  | ||
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Astrogation
United States477 Posts
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?" | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
welcome to the 16th century oh wait.. | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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Hittegods
Stockholm4641 Posts
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BottleAbuser
Korea (South)1888 Posts
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
10810 Posts
"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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