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hunter

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13. It ends in a terrifying pronoun anarchy and ultimately...

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #12)

Sun May 8, 2016, 02:32 PM

May 2016

... the extinction of all pronouns but the letter "t."

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After seeing this on Tumblr I've seen everything [View all] ButterflyBlood May 2016 OP

I think it is easy to miss the point on this one edgineered May 2016 #1

Then why are they being used in English sentences? ButterflyBlood May 2016 #3

Because too many people miss the point. nt edgineered May 2016 #4

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE Skittles May 2016 #26

Language changes. I'm old enough to remember when sufrommich May 2016 #2

Yep. And it was only after Ms. replaced Mrs. or Miss that most women came to understand how Squinch May 2016 #6

I've tried to explain this to the asshole MRS. CLINTON crowd Skittles May 2016 #27

Yes, but they don't need to have it explained to them. They know exactly what they are doing. Squinch May 2016 #33

yeah I know Skittles May 2016 #34

Ah. That may be why I am missing you! Squinch May 2016 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #5

I can understand why some would want a neutral pronoun awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #7

If someone doesn't like the pronoun you use, ask them which one they prefer. hunter May 2016 #8

I don't have a problem with the idea of a neutral... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #9

It will work itself out. hunter May 2016 #10

Well, today it is 3 neutrals awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #12

It ends in a terrifying pronoun anarchy and ultimately... hunter May 2016 #13

I could live with that awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #16

Personally I don't care what pronoun is used for me bhikkhu May 2016 #11

I'm so old school. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #14

Singular they has been in use since Chaucer. Odin2005 May 2016 #23

I guess I'm not quite THAT old school. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #24

Depends on dialect, I suppose. Scootaloo May 2016 #28

I think it depends on the forcefulness of one's early English teachers. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #31

It's gotten very ridiculous. romanic May 2016 #15

Amazingly enough, I'm not active in my local LGBT community and I know three people who routinely Brickbat May 2016 #17

Well I don't hang around special snowflakes that want attention. romanic May 2016 #19

I guess that's one way to look at it. Brickbat May 2016 #20

The world is a complex place, and it's marvelous to see change happen. Brickbat May 2016 #18

I say good. marybourg May 2016 #21

English already has an gender-neutral animate 3rd person pronoun, singular "they". Odin2005 May 2016 #22

It is making a return. StrayKat May 2016 #29

Ok, I'll bite: what's "neautral"? JHB May 2016 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #30

"Found on Tumblr" - That's why Oneironaut May 2016 #32