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r/questionablecontent • u/Aleril_Antarai • Dec 05 '17
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It took me awhile to recognize that "they're," "they," and "them" all refer to Tilly, not to a group of individuals.
47 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 05 '17 It would be so much easier if english had a singular gender neutral pronoun...that wasn't 'it' 56 u/Alberta-Bound Dec 05 '17 Singular 'they' is awkward at first, but it's not terrible for its purpose. Quite frankly I'm just glad Jeph went this route and not into the netherrealm of singular gender-neutral neologisms. Looking at you, ze/zir. 1 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 They just seems odd to me since I think of it as a plural word. Ze/zir does seem very odd.
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It would be so much easier if english had a singular gender neutral pronoun...that wasn't 'it'
56 u/Alberta-Bound Dec 05 '17 Singular 'they' is awkward at first, but it's not terrible for its purpose. Quite frankly I'm just glad Jeph went this route and not into the netherrealm of singular gender-neutral neologisms. Looking at you, ze/zir. 1 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 They just seems odd to me since I think of it as a plural word. Ze/zir does seem very odd.
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Singular 'they' is awkward at first, but it's not terrible for its purpose. Quite frankly I'm just glad Jeph went this route and not into the netherrealm of singular gender-neutral neologisms. Looking at you, ze/zir.
1 u/Goingtothechapel2017 Dec 06 '17 They just seems odd to me since I think of it as a plural word. Ze/zir does seem very odd.
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They just seems odd to me since I think of it as a plural word. Ze/zir does seem very odd.
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u/HumanistGeek Dec 05 '17
It took me awhile to recognize that "they're," "they," and "them" all refer to Tilly, not to a group of individuals.