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WCDT Strips 3636 to 3640 (18th to 22nd December 2017)
Shjade:
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--- Quote from: hakko504 on 22 Dec 2017, 14:33 ---Question: As Tilly refers to herself with neutral pronouns, what is the proper word for them in a relationship? Neither boyfriend nor girlfriend seems right, and I'm stuck thinking of a word that would be suitable in this situation.
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significant other
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Alternatives: partner, lover (if applicable), spouse (if married), soulmate... there's actually a fair range of names and titles people give their intimates if you just stop and think about it for a moment from a perspective other than "but why don't you call them what I expect you to call them?"
It's generally helpful to think about these kinds of things from a perspective of openness rather than one of negatives, ie: "not-boyfriend." Encourages different thought processes.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 22 Dec 2017, 14:43 ---But by the same token, the community doesn't get to decide how to define how a person gets referred to.
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The person spoken of, the third person, is assumed to be absent. Referring to a person present in the third person is usually rude in the extreme and meant as an insult. Only extremely weird or pompous asses (true, lots of overlap there) refer to themselves in the third person unless it's done with humorous intent. The Community of Speakers of the language in question does indeed settle on how the person spoken of is referred to.
Meet me in the thread Wulu pointed to if you'd like to continue.
cloudatlatl:
While I've been no fan of this story arc so far, today's was the first comic in a while that felt emotionally real to me. Did anyone else get that sense?
Is it cold in here?:
Hmm. For me the anger felt real. Hannelore breaking down crying on a stranger's shoulder was unusual enough to jolt my suspension of disbelief, though it makes emotional sense.
JimC:
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 22 Dec 2017, 14:48 ---significant other
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Except that in the Social work trade that has an entirely different meaning.
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