I just want English to have reasonable a first person gender neutral pronoun. "They"/" it" don't cut it.https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/642939178930540544 …
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Replying to @David_Hatten
@David_Hatten I've been using 'they' since before most of these snowflake kids were born. It's the best practical alternative.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@David_Hatten I mean, 'you' is singular and plural, only Southerners have a problem with that.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@David_Hatten Very slowly and with great difficult. It's easy to learn a name, it's very hard to rewrite grammar you learned at age 3.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@David_Hatten That's why I think 'they' is the only candidate with a shot--it's been used that way in English all along.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @David_Hatten
@David_Hatten In 300 years our exocortexes will use short hashes of people's IDs rather than pronouns. But that's then.
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