From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>,
npostavs@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, 32731@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32731: 26.1.50; Ibuffer filter by mode: Handle >1 mode names
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:14:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zyu9ep8.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ftxya981.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:14:54 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:48:43 +0900 (JST)
>> Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>, 32731@debbugs.gnu.org,
>> npostavs@gmail.com
>>
>> > "She/he" seems to exclude nonbinary genders.
>> > "S?he" does not HAVE to mean "only she or he".
>> I don't feel excluded if I read "she". Maybe I have enough
>> self-confidence or I know the difference between
>> sex and gramatical genre.
>> Anyway, whatever Eli likes is fine for me.
>
> I usually just rewrite the text to be in plural, like "the users"
> instead of "the user". Then "they" is correct English.
Point of order: singular they has been correct English for the last
700 years. Some people donʼt like it, but that doesnʼt make it wrong.
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-25 8:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-13 18:19 bug#32731: 26.1.50; Ibuffer filter by mode: Handle >1 mode names Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 19:09 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-13 20:04 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 20:38 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-13 23:39 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-15 9:15 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-15 12:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-17 17:44 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-17 18:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-17 19:53 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-18 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 23:19 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-19 9:23 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-19 9:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-21 8:37 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-22 9:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-22 13:00 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-23 1:37 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-23 12:01 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-09-24 8:27 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 19:58 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-24 20:48 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 21:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-25 8:14 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2018-09-25 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-25 23:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-29 9:49 ` Tino Calancha
2018-09-24 8:36 ` Tino Calancha
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