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there apear to me two examples of repeatable situations where I wouldn't like to find the attempted way to be the next standard. They both occur in the same piece of (framed there, italic here) content:
Edit: Split from [Solved] Counting occurrence of specific character in cell because that topic is solved thus morphingstar
needs their own topic
1. Editing of a user's post by an entitled person (administrator) not naming himself(f/m) ("them"?).
2. Usage of plural pronouns ("they" in this case) for a single person as an "emergency exit" from the "gendering issue".
Concerning the first issue a valid solution is obvious. If the way to identify oneself should be precisely standardized is of minor weight then.
Much more problematic -meanwile for all the languages miserable due to their "grammatic gender"- is the second issue.
I'm not a native speaker of any English and therefore I should't suggest a solution beyond my own usage of "he(f/m)" (and similar).
Nonetheless, I like English in a sense, and I highly estimate the existence of a de-facto "Lingua Franca" for most of the world. I'm also satisfied with English doing that hard duty.
Therefore I object against joining a very bad practice. To suffer the slings and arrows (leading to harsh criticism sometimes) of outrageous quarrels is better than to take unsuitable arms which may hurt oneself distorting the language.
Let's be patient insofar.
Edit: Changed subject, was Two doubtable ideas in one place -- MrProgrammer, forum moderator |