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WCDT - Strips 4691-4695 (3rd to 7th January 2022)
larn:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 03 Jan 2022, 20:51 ---Okay, I’m probably overthinking things, and obviously, conversation could have happened between strips, but it is somewhat bothersome that, as far as a reader goes, Faye and Bubbs are assuming pronouns.
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Faye refers to Emmett as "them" while Emmett is out of earshot, which while not guaranteed to be non-offensive is about as safe as she can get until Emmett gains the ability and opportunity to speak. I don't think Bubbles has used any pronouns for Emmett.
DaiJB:
Not gonna lie, I'd probably poke the disembodied robo-butt too...
BenRG:
Yeah, so it's confirmed that Sam and Emmett are both high-school age teenagers. Bubbles is right, observing their behaviour hasn't told them much so far!
oddtail:
--- Quote from: larn on 03 Jan 2022, 21:24 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 03 Jan 2022, 20:51 ---Okay, I’m probably overthinking things, and obviously, conversation could have happened between strips, but it is somewhat bothersome that, as far as a reader goes, Faye and Bubbs are assuming pronouns.
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Faye refers to Emmett as "them" while Emmett is out of earshot, which while not guaranteed to be non-offensive is about as safe as she can get until Emmett gains the ability and opportunity to speak. I don't think Bubbles has used any pronouns for Emmett.
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That's my thought. Starting with "they/them" is the most reasonable option when you don't know someone's pronouns yet.
At least in English, grammar is not as gendered as some other languages, where you *have* to pick a grammatical gender when speaking to/about someone, whether you want it or not. So it's mostly just things like pronouns (and not even second-person pronouns or anything) that one needs to be careful about.
dutchrvl:
Hehe, 'yank' while pulling away a Canadian :)
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