Re: Thursday, April 13, 2017
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:55 am
No. I just don't know whether Idunno is a guy or girl or what.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Oh. Well, TIL: they is used as a gender-neutral pronoun.Dinosawer wrote:No. I just don't know whether Idunno is a guy or girl or what.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
Such usage dates back to Middle English in the 1300s.JanB1 wrote:Oh. Well, TIL: they is used as a gender-neutral pronoun.Dinosawer wrote:No. I just don't know whether Idunno is a guy or girl or what.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
I bet JanB1 cut class that day.Grumblesaur wrote:Such usage dates back to Middle English in the 1300s.
Well, let's put it this way: Non-native English speaker learns English nearly all by self-study because English taught in school isn't really helpful. So yeah, cut me some slack and bare with me here, I can only get better. I'm on a nearly B2 English level already, and they taught something like A1 in school (can't really get any worse than that).Employee 2-4601 wrote:I bet JanB1 cut class that day.Grumblesaur wrote:Such usage dates back to Middle English in the 1300s.
Sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. Probably used the black death as an excuse. But now? Nothing but pronoun confusion and regret. Stay in school, kids; or one day, hundreds of years later, you'll be sorry...
Careful, your English typing skills might surpass my own; and I speak English fluently!JanB1 wrote:Well, let's put it this way: Non-native English speaker learns English nearly all by self-study because English taught in school isn't really helpful. So yeah, cut me some slack and bare with me here, I can only get better. I'm on a nearly B2 English level already, and they taught something like A1 in school (can't really get any worse than that).Employee 2-4601 wrote:I bet JanB1 cut class that day.Grumblesaur wrote:Such usage dates back to Middle English in the 1300s.
Sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. Probably used the black death as an excuse. But now? Nothing but pronoun confusion and regret. Stay in school, kids; or one day, hundreds of years later, you'll be sorry...
Just to be perfectly clear, my intentionally ludicrous comment was not intended to be critical in any way; just (hopefully) vaguely entertaining. (Personally I'm unable to converse in anything other than my native language, and have nothing but admiration for those who are skilled in more than one of the things.)JanB1 wrote:So yeah, cut me some slack and bare with me here, I can only get better.
*bearJanB1 wrote:bare
I'm told that sort of thing is frowned on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8Graf wrote:I at one point was minimally competent with latin? Not so much anymore. I tried to figure out how to say "you all are the best" and came up with "estis optima" but I'm pretty sure that is horrifyingly wrong and features redundant grammar, so who knows.
Lang may yer lum reek!Silverware wrote:A Scotsman?! HERE!