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minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoIt totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
minus-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe neuter pronoun (“it”) doesn’t work for humans in English either.
minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, but in English you don’t go around and label EVERYTHING with the other two genders (only if you’re a bit weird and pretend your car is a she or something) and our they is the same as the female pronoun (sie), which makes that unusable as well.
minus-squareHjalmar@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhy not though? Just because it sounds rude or something?
It totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
The neuter pronoun (“it”) doesn’t work for humans in English either.
Yeah, but in English you don’t go around and label EVERYTHING with the other two genders (only if you’re a bit weird and pretend your car is a she or something) and our they is the same as the female pronoun (sie), which makes that unusable as well.
Why not though? Just because it sounds rude or something?