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WCDT Strips 3626 to 3630 (4th to 8th December 2017)
War Sparrow:
Tilly does not skip leg day. I wonder what Dad does.
Plot Twist: Dad was a Beatrice pool boy in years past. Tilly is her illegitimate child, and Hannelore's half sibling. Unwilling to acknowledge the child, Beatrice still feels a family duty and gives them a job. If Hannelore doesn't pan out, she will fully acknowledge Tilly and make them the Chatham heiress.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
(No, you're procrastinating on homework!)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 05 Dec 2017, 19:06 ---I find trying to discuss a singular character with plural pronouns to be incredibly awkward. Instead of 'she does' is it supposed to be 'they does'? Or is it 'they do'? (As if Tilly has suddenly grown a second head.)
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It's a bit awkward for all many of us, but if we persevere with it, we'll get used to it. This isn't widely accepted yet, and so the rules are still in flux.
"Tilly has no idea what Tilly is supposed to do in the situation that Tilly has found Tilly in."
Try, for example:
"Tilly has no idea what they're supposed to do in the situation that they've found themself in."
Not sure if people are going to like "themself" as opposed to "themselves," but it's worth trying such things to see if the become comfortable through repeated exposure.
I'm sure there was a time when use of the pronoun "you" in the singular case (in place of "thou") was weird for some people as well. But we don't think twice about it now. I suppose that this will be the same, eventually.
Penquin47:
For NaNo last year, I wrote a main character with they/them pronouns. I found "themself" to work just fine for them, and aside from the occasional slip of using her instead of them, I got used to it quickly. What was a lot harder? Coming up with gender-neutral terms for things like aunt/uncle, niece/nephew, etc where English doesn't have a good gender-neutral term already (like sibling instead of brother/sister).
Spellcheck did *not* like themself, but spellcheck can get over itself. :D
Gyrre:
Great. Jeph found a hook. Now I want to know who Tilly's dad is.
ANeM:
--- Quote from: KevxD on 05 Dec 2017, 01:56 ---On a separate note, I found today's comic quite confusing grammatically. The they/them pronoun usage is going to take some getting used to.
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I think grammatically it would have worked better to have Hanner's say "Tilly" in panel 2, but I think there was a conscious effort by Jeph to show both Hanners and Winslow using the proper pronouns.
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As for today's comic (3628) I can see some possible bonding between Hannelore and Tilly over their overbearing business focused parents.
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