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WCDT 3621 to 3625 (27th November to 1st December 2017)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: traroth on 30 Nov 2017, 01:06 ---Sorry, I don't get the joke about pronouns. I guess that's the limit of my knowledge of the arcanes of english language...
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There isn't a joke. Tilly is indirectly signalling that she's non-binary in her identified gender and doesn't consider either male or female pronouns to apply to her in an entirely correct way.
Shaitan051:
*shudder* pronouns :roll:
hakko504:
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Nov 2017, 22:34 ---Maybe not quite this hostile. There's airways some hostility.
It's interesting, I think, that Jeph has chosen to withhold Tilly's preferred pronouns until now. Playing the long game, eh?
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And partly also because the only time someone has referred to Tilly using a pronoun was Dora in 3614, and at that point Tilly was preoccupied with not being killed to notice the error.
sitnspin:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Nov 2017, 01:16 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 30 Nov 2017, 01:06 ---Sorry, I don't get the joke about pronouns. I guess that's the limit of my knowledge of the arcanes of english language...
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There isn't a joke. Tilly is indirectly signalling that she's non-binary in her identified gender and doesn't consider either male or female pronouns to apply to her in an entirely correct way.
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Them, not her. They, not she.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 30 Nov 2017, 02:10 ---I live in Sweden and I'm glad that we are starting to pick up a neutral pronoun "hen" (in contrast to han = he, and hon = she).***
I guess that's why the term they/them in singular confuses the hell out of me (on a purely linguistical way, mind you) because we already got a non-binary pronoun and leave the they/them for plurals only. :P
*** = Feel free to make any poultry jokes you like, cuz I can't come up with a single one.
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Yeah... a singular would be a great addition to the language.
Y'see, I find this They/Them thing VERY difficult to take on, because for 50+ years I've been raised to think that calling someone THEY or THEM was unspeakably rude.
As far as Tilly/Taffy is concerned...
Not overjoyed at the possibility of 'main character-ness', other than it might mean we see a lot more of Hanners.
Taffy might (to Jeph) be 'cute', all I am seeing is 'annoying'.
But then I guess it would be a boring world if we all had the same opinions...
(Would make ordering Pizza MUCH easier though!)
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