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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to c/downvotedtooblivion@lemm.ee

Also, please be civil this person was actually pretty chill about getting totally destroyed for this crazy take. I mostly just wanted to document this moment.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 48 points 6 months ago

Top tip: Avoid having to distinguish between there, their and they're, buy simply using the gender neutral thair.

[-] CarCdrCons@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 6 months ago

Why waist time learn many word when few word do trick?

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is not a top tip; it's a pro tip!

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah, avoid having to distinguish between tops and bottoms by using "pro" for tips.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

English needs a gender neutral singular pronoun other than they.

I vote for "e, em, ey, eir"

"Have you called Jace?"

"No, never spoken to em. What's eir phone number?"

Because Jace is a gender neutral name, and the second speaker doesn't know eir gender, a singular neutral pronoun is perfect. Rather than using the funky plural pronoun that already has a use for groups.

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