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Police appeal for missing person shows a photo of a 25 year old 'manly' man named Alec. Police say they need to know that 'they' are okay.
One man is missing. Stop mangling language 😡
English has never been an "officially governed" language in the way that French or i think mandarin chinese are. english is however people use it and always has been... it is one reason why it has endured as one of the world's dominant languages and will do for the foreseeable future. if you don't like how other people use pronouns then you can sit in a corner and cry about it. nobody is interested and it simply isn't important.
For want of finding anything worth watching on Netflix, we're watching a box (ed?) set of the excellent Judge John Deed which was made 2001-2006.
The strange thing is, that so many of the main female protagonists have names which sound like men's; Jo, George, Charlie, Sam.
I seem to remember that 20 years ago that was quite fashionable. I don't know if it still is or what it was all about. Anyone?
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I am failing to understand how the use of 'they' is so irritating.
I pride myself at reaching a certain age and being able to say I honestly do not care how people refer or wish to have others refer to them.
Does it affect me in any way ? No! Does it cause me any effort? No!
How would you react if your children asked to be referred to as 'they'?
It irritates me in the same way as using loose instead of lose; to istead of too; of instead of have.
I have no problem with referring to anyone as he or she but I will repeat the point I have already made on this thread.
If I am told that Joe said they want to stay to dinner, it is not clear how many people want to stay to dinner. Just Joe or Joe and Joe's friends?
I don't feel distrust nor have 'anti-feelings' for anyone who is different from the norm with the proviso that they are not intent on causing harm to others - such as paedophiles, murderers or rapists. I don't consider them normal.
If Jill wants to be call Jack and have radical surgery, that's fine by me. I couldn't care less what consenting adults get up in a private space.
There has always been transgender people, transvestites, lesbians, gays, bi, assexual, gender neutral and every other possibility - it is nothing new.
I had great sympathy for Julia Grant when I watched her documentary series in the late 1970s, I read her biography when it came out in the 90s and have taken an interest in her life ever since. I was saddened to hear of her death.
I don't believe any man has the right to compete in women's sports just because he changes his name from Norman to Norma and declares himself a woman.
I have talked to all my female relatives and friends about transgender women using the ladies toilets and none of them are concerned about it - if they behave like women and don't do or say anything deliberately to make them uncomfortable, which has happened on occasion.
I will reiterate - what irritates me is the clumsy use of 'they'. It jars me. There must be a better alternative. I need a word that I can use if I want to attract the attention of a stranger. I grew up calling 'sir, madam, miss, mate' as appropriate. 'Hey you' doesn't seem right.
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