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WCDT Strips 4331-4335 (18-22, August 2020)
Tova:
I googled.
Where did ‘she’ come from?
TLDR: There's no definitive answer.
If avoiding confusion truly is the goal, I'd suggest that the use of the pronoun 'they' has become far more common than the previous use of 'he' as a gender-neutral pronoun, and would therefore cause less confusion (not to mention upset). Regardless of etymology.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Tova on 22 Aug 2020, 17:13 ---I googled.
Where did ‘she’ come from?
TLDR: There's no definitive answer.
If avoiding confusion truly is the goal, I'd suggest that the use of the pronoun 'they' has become far more common than the previous use of 'he' as a gender-neutral pronoun, and would therefore cause less confusion (not to mention upset). Regardless of etymology.
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And I question using a word in a way it was last used many centuries ago. English has changed quite a bit in the meantime and there's no point in arbitrarily sticking to one specific way it once worked. By that logic, we might as well just all switch to reconstructed Proto-Indo-European and be done with it.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 22 Aug 2020, 06:55 ---
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 22 Aug 2020, 05:22 ---The way I read it, they were referring to Marten, really. As in, "if Claire didn't pass, Marten would have to deal with..."
Really obvious from the preceding sentence, really.
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Indeed, the subject of the paragraph is Marten, not Claire - which is clear from the sentances before and after.
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Ah. Brain Fart then. Whew! Too bad it was mine, but better that than any other alternative. My ego is so huge I can shrug off my own embarassing SNAFUs. Maybe an apology is also in order? Well, even if not, it can't hurt and I'm sorry for making such a mistake (says she, wiping egg of her face).
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 20 Aug 2020, 19:26 ---One wonders what Renee's ANGRY bread tastes like? :laugh:
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If the world isn't ready for Chaos Loaf, it's probably not ready for Angry Renee Bread either.
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