FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down17
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoTo me it’s quite unnatural to use singular they about someone whose gender I actually know.
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours ago“There’s someone at the door” “what does he or she want?” -nobody
minus-squaremelfie@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoI don’t mind using they / them for non-binary people. It’s just that it takes a lot of mental energy to not embarrass myself by forgetting and using the gendered pronoun.
To me it’s quite unnatural to use singular they about someone whose gender I actually know.
“There’s someone at the door”
“what does he or she want?” -nobody
I don’t mind using they / them for non-binary people. It’s just that it takes a lot of mental energy to not embarrass myself by forgetting and using the gendered pronoun.