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Re: English thread
« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2007, 09:09:00 am »
Well, I swear a lot too, but not in such a *Ramsus pwns another forumer* kinda flow.

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Re: English thread
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2007, 03:30:18 pm »
Tip of the day: Retarded not Retarted

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Re: English thread
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2007, 09:42:53 pm »
Sorry, Zeality, but I heartily disagree on the double s possessive bit. I also disagree on the use of the singular they...it's the only gender neutral pronoun we have, and while it is typical plural, we might as well use it in the singular as well since one doesn't exist and it's helpful for various writings, like when you want to do your best to hide the gender of a person. (That comes in handy in a lot of stuff, like online Mafia games.)

I envy you and your language sometimes, being able to hide the gender of a person without sounding rather strange would be perfect for so many things. Just imagine you being male, telling your parents you found a partner, yet don't tell them it's a "he"(using this "neutral gender"). Man, the look on their face would be priceless  :D Not that I ever made this experience; I wouldn't even dare to think about it, who knows if the parents turn out to be homophobic? Well, But I think that face would be worth the damnation.

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Re: English thread
« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2007, 11:28:28 pm »
Some people have made up gender-neutral pronouns, but those pronouns aren't in common use.

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Re: English thread
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2007, 08:46:48 pm »
Some people have made up gender-neutral pronouns, but those pronouns aren't in common use.

Gender netural pronouns? You mean 'it'?

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Re: English thread
« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2007, 09:08:15 pm »
Some people have made up gender-neutral pronouns, but those pronouns aren't in common use.

Gender netural pronouns? You mean 'it'?

He's talking about deliberately engineered attempts to resolve the gendered third-person singular problem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun