FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down15
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarenotreallyhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 hours agoit genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that. I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoSkill issue. Sounds like they need to hear it more often tbh.
it genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”
‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.
I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
Skill issue. Sounds like they need to hear it more often tbh.