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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago… why? Is that any more absurd than “reducing males to he/him” or “reducing females to she/her”? It’s language, not a campaign medal. You don’t need a separate example for every instance.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThe whole point of pronouns, I would argue, is to not need a separate set for every instance. Otherwise you may as well just use Dan/Dan/Dan’s/Danself conjugated for each name. Pronouns: Are (generally) shorter than names, because there’s less need for them to be unique and they’re used more frequently. Can be used even when you don’t know specifics about a person or object, or they don’t want to give out their name. Everyone knows how to conjugate them, so once you know someone is a ‘they’, you can readily extrapolate to them, their, theirs.
… why?
Is that any more absurd than “reducing males to he/him” or “reducing females to she/her”?
It’s language, not a campaign medal. You don’t need a separate example for every instance.
The whole point of pronouns, I would argue, is to not need a separate set for every instance.
Otherwise you may as well just use Dan/Dan/Dan’s/Danself conjugated for each name.
Pronouns:
Are (generally) shorter than names, because there’s less need for them to be unique and they’re used more frequently.
Can be used even when you don’t know specifics about a person or object, or they don’t want to give out their name.
Everyone knows how to conjugate them, so once you know someone is a ‘they’, you can readily extrapolate to them, their, theirs.
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