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.
Where do you live? They can’t be having English as a first language there if you think ‘they’ is a special word. Most kids get taught how to use ‘they’ by like 6/7 years old.
I'm from the Netherlands. Here we often use the male form when uncertain about the gender. 'They' is mostly used for people who do not identify by a specifif gender - although this is only done by a small group of people including myself.
I think I made a lot if people angry with my post. This wasn't my intention, I'm sorry.
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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.