From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Subject: Re: Being excellent to one another Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:57:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20170319195707.175eb056@khaalida> References: <20170302084448.2ff6ce96@scratchpost.org> <87fuivxukg.fsf@lassieur.org> <20170305145026.zgoayn46kvpz5ksy@abyayala> <20170307214959.16038114@scratchpost.org> <87r3284x8s.fsf@lassieur.org> <87h92t1qts.fsf@gnu.org> <20170316204527.lnkgc2vot4uqk633@abyayala> <20170317053620.GA16076@jocasta.intra> <20170317162131.GA4354@jasmine> <20170317175802.GB30584@jocasta.intra> <20170318110952.xhhobwl5ep4mlbpj@abyayala> <878to27laf.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <87inn499gk.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55994) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cpnVX-00006L-A0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:57:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cpnVU-000120-9J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:57:19 -0400 Received: from sender-pp-092.zoho.com ([135.84.80.237]:25419) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cpnVU-00011N-2T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:57:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87inn499gk.fsf@dustycloud.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:40:27 -0500 Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > The important thing is to not assume someone's preferred pronouns > without knowing them. Singular they isn't your only option; I also > happen to like Spivak pronouns: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun The problem here is that I'd be suprised if many people have even heard about these. I used to play MUDs quite a bit and have /never/ heard any of those. They are certainly not a part of common usage, and I'd say should be avoided for something more standard (them et al). It's a nice idea, but overall seems like it would cause confusion, and probably more than a few "Hey, there is a typo in the manual"-type bugs than anything. At least, if I picked up a random bit of documentation and saw things like "e" used constantly, I'd assume it was a typo and not some archaic gender-neutral pronoun.