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minus-squareanachrohack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoIf the person is well known to me, I would say he/she (if that’s their pronouns), not the 3rd person “they”
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoOh, to be there when you say “they” haha Or to watch you struggle to force yourself to say he/she so I “lose”. It’s ok, we’ve only been doing it for hundreds of years; it’s just a passing fad, right?
minus-squareanachrohack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI feel like you’re obtusely ignoring the difference in context between how the non-binary “they” is used (which is a new phenomenon) and how the 3rd person of indefinite gender “they” is used
If the person is well known to me, I would say he/she (if that’s their pronouns), not the 3rd person “they”
Oh, to be there when you say “they” haha
Or to watch you struggle to force yourself to say he/she so I “lose”.
It’s ok, we’ve only been doing it for hundreds of years; it’s just a passing fad, right?
I feel like you’re obtusely ignoring the difference in context between how the non-binary “they” is used (which is a new phenomenon) and how the 3rd person of indefinite gender “they” is used