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minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoIt totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
minus-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThe neuter pronoun (“it”) doesn’t work for humans in English either.
minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYeah, but in English you don’t go around and label EVERYTHING with the other two genders (only if you’re a bit weird and pretend your car is a she or something) and our they is the same as the female pronoun (sie), which makes that unusable as well.
minus-square9bananas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agooh, it does work… …if you’re bigoted enough.
minus-squareHjalmar@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWhy not though? Just because it sounds rude or something?
It totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
The neuter pronoun (“it”) doesn’t work for humans in English either.
Yeah, but in English you don’t go around and label EVERYTHING with the other two genders (only if you’re a bit weird and pretend your car is a she or something) and our they is the same as the female pronoun (sie), which makes that unusable as well.
oh, it does work…
…if you’re bigoted enough.
Why not though? Just because it sounds rude or something?
Yes.