I am a pedant. For years, I insisted that "he" was gender neutral. I alienated friends, co-workers, and my significant other under the influence of strong draughts of 19th century grammarians. Eventually I came to recognize the higher power of |Language Log|, and accept that singular "they" is as old as the language. I shall always be in recovery, though, tempted to shout "chairMAN. I'm not a piece of furniture."
|Sweden's been doing this for a while now.|
It's obvious where this is headed. Soon we'll all have to wear platform clogs and burn straw goats at Christmas.
|….it looks Iike I'll be able to wear pants|
Also should be governt
When are we going to be able to edit our headlines?
I am a pedant. For years, I insisted that "he" was gender neutral. I alienated friends, co-workers, and my significant other under the influence of strong draughts of 19th century grammarians. Eventually I came to recognize the higher power of |Language Log|, and accept that singular "they" is as old as the language. I shall always be in recovery, though, tempted to shout "chairMAN. I'm not a piece of furniture."
That particular tic has to be awkward during sex.