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22 Feb 2023, 7:14 pm

It's an extension of "ladies and gentlemen! used to include people who identify as agender.

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22 Feb 2023, 7:39 pm

wouldn't it work better as 'ladies, gentlemen, and honored guests'? But then i guess that would imply that the ladies and gentlemen aren't honored guests...But with the original, it sounds like it's just saying that the ladies and gentlemen are honored guests! Truly a lingustic conundrum

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22 Feb 2023, 7:41 pm

Readydaer wrote:

But with the original, it sounds like it's just saying that the ladies and gentlemen are honored guests!

Agreed.

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22 Feb 2023, 7:48 pm

I like "ladies and gentlemen". Just sounds so traditional and formal. Why do things have to change?

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22 Feb 2023, 8:00 pm

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Why do things have to change?

Both because we constantly stack our knowledge and insights on top of each other, which constantly changes how we understand things (both as individuals and as societies); but also because we've never had any option but to adapt to things that change around us (which probably explains why we developed the tendency to learn like we do).

I know it's a terribly unfulfilling answer, but it's because that's what things do.

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22 Feb 2023, 8:06 pm

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SAMSEK!! ! :heart:

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22 Feb 2023, 8:28 pm

Joe90 wrote:

I like "ladies and gentlemen". Just sounds so traditional and formal. Why do things have to change?

Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.

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22 Feb 2023, 9:04 pm

Sonic200 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

I like "ladies and gentlemen". Just sounds so traditional and formal. Why do things have to change?

Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.

I hate it, and so do most people I know. I fear the west is going to turn into a communist country soon.

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22 Feb 2023, 9:18 pm

Joe90 wrote:

Sonic200 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

I like "ladies and gentlemen". Just sounds so traditional and formal. Why do things have to change?

Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.

I hate it, and so do most people I know. I fear the west is going to turn into a communist country soon.

Why would change = change towards communism?
Especially change of this sort which has no impact on the overall structure of society. I really don't see how language evolving will lead to communism, or even how it could lead to communism.

Allowing natural changes to occur isn't authoritarianism, if anything it would authoritarianism to actively seek to prevent it.

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23 Feb 2023, 3:24 am

funeralxempire wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

Sonic200 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

I like "ladies and gentlemen". Just sounds so traditional and formal. Why do things have to change?

Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.

I hate it, and so do most people I know. I fear the west is going to turn into a communist country soon.

Right.

You ARE just joking, arent you?

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23 Feb 2023, 3:35 am

How about just "Honoured Guests .." since everyone is honoured regardless of their junk?

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23 Feb 2023, 4:00 am

IsabellaLinton wrote:

How about just "Honoured Guests .." since everyone is honoured regardless of their junk?

Why not just say "ladies and gentlemen"? That covers everyone. Both genders, and everyone in-between. Doesnt it?

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23 Feb 2023, 5:22 am

At least in this case, Polish is easier.

"Szanowni Państwo" - polite plural adressing people of mixed or unknown gender.

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23 Feb 2023, 7:24 am

I remember the days when many people here believed that autism and NT were the only types of people - some of the same people who don't believe there are only two genders. :wink:

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23 Feb 2023, 7:53 am

Joe90 wrote:

I hate it, and so do most people I know. I fear the west is going to turn into a communist country soon.

why do you fear that? That's an ideal society!

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