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They Were Best Friends and Cosplay Stars. Then Snow Killed Helen [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP
Not related to this mishigas, but we need a better non-gendered singular pronoun. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #1
"They" has been used as singular pronoun for centuries. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #2
True, but when used as a singular, they/them has implied an unknown or generic person... Silent3 Oct 2021 #10
Actually, it now does refer to a known person. Language is always changing. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #12
Yes, it has been declared so. Silent3 Oct 2021 #13
There are all sorts of awkward and misleading pronoun usages without "they," too, but no one WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #22
I'm not sure what your point is anymore Silent3 Oct 2021 #23
My point is that we already have a fine singular nongendered pronoun, and that it's no more WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #24
Then you're just unaware or denying the extra weirdness beyond "he" and "she"... Silent3 Oct 2021 #25
Help me out here. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #26
Pointing out existing ambiguities has nothing to do with it. Silent3 Oct 2021 #27
if someone asks you to refer to them as he, or she, you would use whichever one they said, right? unblock Oct 2021 #3
I will certainly use "they" if someone asks, and I have no problem with doing that. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #4
That si literally what "they" is obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #6
It is a new usage to use they/them for a known, specific person Silent3 Oct 2021 #11
Reread the question pksed. CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #14
Where in my post did I disagree with there being a long history of usage... Silent3 Oct 2021 #28
Not true about past useage. intheflow Oct 2021 #19
Where in my post did I disagree with there being a long history of usage... Silent3 Oct 2021 #29
Multiple times, right here: intheflow Oct 2021 #30
You even quoted what I said, but are skipping right over the "generic or unknown people" part. Silent3 Oct 2021 #32
Nonbinary does not mean "nongendered." WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #8
Re-read my previous post. Did it seem weird or awkward? unblock Oct 2021 #9
They has been used for hundred of years obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #5
What a heartbreaking story. I'm struck by what an open heart Helen's mom has, whew. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #7
Tragic! And a pity that the thread veered away from that tragedy MineralMan Oct 2021 #15
Very true. Guns again accidentally or not. Very sad. Srkdqltr Oct 2021 #20
I hit a paywall. Why did Snow shoot Hastings? BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #16
They were drunk and playing with a gun. The story got attention because Snow's content WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #17
Oh boy. BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #18
Ugh, I found some other stories from other outlets. BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #21
A ONE, A TWO, AND A THREE Dirty Socialist Oct 2021 #31
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