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What have you people?
Yea 61%  61%  [ 11 ]
Nea 39%  39%  [ 7 ]
Total votes : 18

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11 May 2011, 5:59 pm

Before it gets changed... this theard says:

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An option for showing your sex in your post label.


What have you people?
Yea 72% [ 8 ]
Nea 27% [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 11


I answered "yea" - which I assumed meant "yes".

I see no reason why it should be "an option". I feel that displaying the answer to your profile "Gender:" question as part of the display of forum messages is a good thing. - rather that having to click on a member's avatar/name, every time, to find out what they had registered as.

If Alex wishes to extend the range of options to more than "Male" or "Famale", that's his business.


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11 May 2011, 6:12 pm

Twirlip wrote:
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If I disagree with anything, it is to disagree with the permanent arguing over this subject. The English language does not have a gender-neutral pronoun. Attempts to introduce such a thing "have been largely ignored by the general English-speaking public".

No-one in either of these two recent threads has in any way suggested in any way influencing anyone to use gender-neutral pronouns against their will and against the grain of the English language, so why on Earth are you bringing this up? I'm sure you disagree with lots of things, but what do they have to do with the questions actually at issue?

I think the thread title answers your question.


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11 May 2011, 6:24 pm

lau wrote:
Twirlip wrote:
lau wrote:
If I disagree with anything, it is to disagree with the permanent arguing over this subject. The English language does not have a gender-neutral pronoun. Attempts to introduce such a thing "have been largely ignored by the general English-speaking public".

No-one in either of these two recent threads has in any way suggested in any way influencing anyone to use gender-neutral pronouns against their will and against the grain of the English language, so why on Earth are you bringing this up? I'm sure you disagree with lots of things, but what do they have to do with the questions actually at issue?

I think the thread title answers your question.

I haven't the faintest idea what you mean, so I suggest the two of us discontinue our conversation.


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11 May 2011, 7:06 pm

I don't miss this :D



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11 May 2011, 7:47 pm

MidlifeAspie wrote:
I don't miss this :D

Tsk, tsk! That should be "I don't ms this."


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29 May 2011, 9:15 pm

Twirlip wrote:
lau wrote:
If I disagree with anything, it is to disagree with the permanent arguing over this subject. The English language does not have a gender-neutral pronoun. Attempts to introduce such a thing "have been largely ignored by the general English-speaking public".

No-one in either of these two recent threads has in any way suggested in any way influencing anyone to use gender-neutral pronouns against their will and against the grain of the English language, so why on Earth are you bringing this up? I'm sure you disagree with lots of things, but what do they have to do with the questions actually at issue?


Actually, singular they is grammatically correct.

As for other, constructed pronouns, there's nothing wrong with those, either

"He," "she," or "either" is a pretty narrow range of options, as well. I am unlikely to push for anyone here to use a gender neutral pronoun for me instead of "she", but I do not love the idea of being forced to select one or both of those pronouns if such a feature were implemented.



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29 May 2011, 10:02 pm

Verdandi wrote:
Actually, singular they is grammatically correct.


Yay, someone else speaking in favour of singular 'they'.

(Though I find that it's hard to use it after a name, even when I'm not sure what gender the name is. I use it plenty after indefinite noun phrases, sometimes even when the gender of the person referred to is clear.)


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30 May 2011, 6:06 pm

i'm not sure i'd like that to much, it probably would be a good thing but, i've gone along time being refered to as a guy since i came to the net, and being a tomboy and asexual, i'm not sure i want most to know i'm female, when people anywhere know you are female they assume you are girly right off the bat and you get treated differently [or at least i have], at least you get some respect being confused for a guy, and guys aren't so harsh on games if they don't know what you are.

so i'm not really sure what i would want, it would be nice though sometimes.



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02 Jun 2011, 10:02 pm

Cassia wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
Actually, singular they is grammatically correct.


Yay, someone else speaking in favour of singular 'they'.

(Though I find that it's hard to use it after a name, even when I'm not sure what gender the name is. I use it plenty after indefinite noun phrases, sometimes even when the gender of the person referred to is clear.)


I actually prefer to use singular "they" for myself, but I live with "she/her" because explaining takes more energy than I care to expend.



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03 Jun 2011, 1:55 pm

i like sometimes not knowing the sex of who i'm talking to