my latest windmill to tilt at

Dec. 4th, 2003 08:45 pm
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English already has perfectly useful gender-neutral pronouns: it, its. Use them. Do not use they, them for singular objects. Do not use the abhorrent, artificial 'hir', 'zie', 'blim', 'gur', or whatever. Yes, people can be called 'it'. Deal with it.

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How about:

Date: 2003-12-05 01:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ratphooey.livejournal.com
Tilting at windmills: the latest

Re: How about:

Date: 2003-12-05 01:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com
Good one. I shall make it "tilting at windmills: part n of x".

Re: How about:

Date: 2003-12-05 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ratphooey.livejournal.com
Ooh, even better.
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