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We do have a gender neutral pronoun for the singular. That word is "it".
So, which is the least offensive? Calling a person the plural "they", or calling the person an object?
It is not "gender-neutral"; there is no such thing in English; it is neuter. Common gender is a gender. The correct form is he. Like it or not, that's Standard English. Standard English is the name of the dialect used by the educated.
Language wars get to be silly. Language is just another representational model that we use to express thought and concept and representations of reality. Every model has flaws, and the forced gender assignation of language ultimately has become a flaw as civilization has progressed beyond enforcement of caste, class, and sex roles.
The "used by the educated" argument probably had its heyday in Edwardian England, when the dialect that was spoken enforced the classism, and those who spoke "proper" English also had been forced into a classic liberal education that included groundings in Greek philosophies, the rise of Western Civilization, and a drilling in social structure.
I have come across a situation which requires anonyimity. If I say the name of the person, or if I refer to them in the non-neutral way, everyone will know who I am referring to.
Language wars get to be silly. Language is just another representational model that we use to express thought and concept and representations of reality. Every model has flaws, and the forced gender assignation of language ultimately has become a flaw as civilization has progressed beyond enforcement of caste, class, and sex roles.
The "used by the educated" argument probably had its heyday in Edwardian England, when the dialect that was spoken enforced the classism, and those who spoke "proper" English also had been forced into a classic liberal education that included groundings in Greek philosophies, the rise of Western Civilization, and a drilling in social structure.
Was this generated by a random word generator???? Wait, I get it, I'm not educated enough to understand your post . That'll learn me. Ya'll smart folks makes me confused sometimes - I'm just glad I got me a spell checker app.
No wonder you done won that money for posting stuff here.
Was this generated by a random word generator???? Wait, I get it, I'm not educated enough to understand your post . That'll learn me. Ya'll smart folks makes me confused sometimes - I'm just glad I got me a spell checker app.
No wonder you done won that money for posting stuff here.
"Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt"
Let me put it in latin redneck for you-
Veni. Vidi. Bibit cervisiam.
I love it when conservatives suddenly find out that the "tradition" and rules they try to enforce are found out to have roots in a liberal bias, and the REAL conservative viewpoint is the one they are railing against.
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. That'll learn me. Ya'll smart folks makes me confused sometimes - I'm just glad I got me a spell checker app.
