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WCDT strips 4476-4480 (8th to 12th March 2021)

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Is it cold in here?:

--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 07 Mar 2021, 22:32 ---Found it, I think?

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=596

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Bingo. That's the one.

Singular "they" goes back to Chaucer.

What I want to see is Faye and Bubbles making it official. They have taken their vows already and have said "forever".

Shjade:

--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 08 Mar 2021, 08:51 ---I really think "they" as a gender-neutral (or gender-ambiguous, depending) pronoun is fraught with problems*

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https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/

shanejayell:
Poor Elliot.

"Uhm, I'm not the delivery guy."

"Eh?"

"I'm your son's date."

Farideh:
To be fair, Elliot does deliver baked goods occasionally. He must have that 'here is your order' vibe going on.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: Farideh on 08 Mar 2021, 19:25 ---To be fair, Elliot does deliver baked goods occasionally. He must have that 'here is your order' vibe going on.

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I wonder if Mrs. Augustus vaguely recognizes him from the bakery from walking by and just hasn't placed where she's seen his face before?

EDIT: typo fix, missing 'y' in 'barkery'

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