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What absolute knob decided to try and ban singular they from the English language? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/shittyasklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And no, I don't think the original reason was transphobia. I think transphobia is why people refuse to use singular they NOW but I also think schools erroneously taught these people it was incorrect before these people knew about trans people

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

In a variety of ways, gender inclusivity is a sticky wicket for many—probably most—languages. One can easily go down a Wikipedia rabbit hole on the topic starting here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_language

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