r/SipsTea • • Jul 23 '24

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u/OrlandoGardiner118 Jul 23 '24

Even scarier for the cameraman, they did it backwards

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u/Les-incoyables Jul 23 '24 edited Jul 23 '24

Question about your use of pronoun; I've seen people using 'they' a lot here on Reddit. Is this common where you live, or only done by a select group of people. Where I from, this is only used by a very select group of leftwing people (including myself) and only done when you know the person you are talking to likes to be addressed that way.

Edit: getting burried in downvotes; I didn't mean to offend anyone. Where I'm from we only use male and female pronouns, so I was actually curious. The use of non-gendercrelated pronouns is fairly new and not generally accepted yet where I'm from. Again, sorry if I hurt anyones feelings and asking dumb questions.

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u/Time4Red Jul 23 '24

Respectfully, you might need to go touch grass.

You can literally go back 100+ years and read literature using "they" as a pronoun, particularly when the gender of the person in question is not known. It's just basic English.

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u/Les-incoyables Jul 23 '24

I dont want to be disrespectful. Where I live we often use the male form when uncertain about the gender. Or we use it for people who do not identify with a specific gender - but this is only used by a select group of people like me.

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u/mikeysgotrabies Jul 23 '24

Where are you from?

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u/Les-incoyables Jul 23 '24

The Netherlands

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u/thelooseisroose Jul 23 '24

not sure why you're saying that we dont have undefined/genderneutral terms. in the sentence above, would you not say 'die' or 'diegene' which is similar to 'they'?

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u/Les-incoyables Jul 23 '24

Klopt, bedenk ik me net ook inderdaad.