Post AWXgzHn8S2MzUbkYGu by MerritMD@med-mastodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AWXgzHn8S2MzUbkYGu by MerritMD@med-mastodon.com
       2023-06-10T01:14:49Z
       
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       Singular “they” dates back to 1375. It predates singular “you” and it’s old enough to have been spelled with a thorn.Objections to singular “they” have nothing to do with grammar - and everything to do with imposing a rigid, exclusionary gender binary.https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/
       
 (DIR) Post #AWZQHlMFx7onV1K1LM by jaxter184@social.linux.pizza
       2023-06-11T04:19:24Z
       
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       @CheckingInOcassionally @MerritMD I really don't want to sound like I'm playing "gotcha", because I believe you are making a good-faith (albeit naiive, imo) protest, but in your last sentence, you're using the singular "they". This prick you mention is of indeterminate gender, and as you have demonstrated, the natural thing to do in the modern english language is to use the third-person pronoun "they" to refer to them.