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They/Them (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by qbert@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 41 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Roses are red Violets are blue The singular "they" Pre-dates singular "you"

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago

Thou shalt use proper pronouns and not be lazy recycling plural pronouns in the singular. What next, are thou planing to use a singular "we" like inbred royalty?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Youse guys should use the plural you

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By chance I actually do come from an area that uses it! Although it's more of a "yiz" here

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 2 months ago

Only bogans tend to use it though.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The singular "they" Pre-dates singular "you"

The same way rights were ore-dated by no rights?

'older' is not always 'better'. Make your point, but don't hinge it on a false comparison.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 5 points 2 months ago

The point isn't to say that the singular they is somehow better than the singular you, it's to point out that it is not a modern invention. People that dislike usage of the singular they often argue that it is an unnatural change being forced upon the language, when in fact it has been in use for so long that it was used by Shakespeare