Comment by troad
2 days ago
S/he's wrong, simple as that. "The particular spatio-temporal version of speech that I grew up with is correct, and all others are bastardised" is not a defensible or - frankly - interesting position. Chaucer would find virtually all modern English to be debased; Bede would wince at Chaucer's English; and so on, forever.
Nothing fruitful comes from cultivating arrogance towards the language of others. It is just as much a cherished part of their cultural inheritance as yours is to you.
I find it ironic that you're making an argument about how language evolves in the same sentence that you insist on an awkward "s/he" instead of just using a singular "they" (or if you're Richard Stallman, whatever neopronoun he fancies, I forgot what it is)
And I find it totes ironical that you'd respond to a post advocating against language prescriptivism, and intolerance of other modes of speaking and writing, by trying to pick on variants you dislike. Point goes whoosh.
Also, I "insist" on nothing, you're the only one with a chip on your shoulder about pronouns here.
there exists nothing else other than a she or a he. Executive Order was signed more than a month ago, have you not heard?
It's a joke.
your wrong
Is that like "my bad"?
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This site is exhausting sometimes. Y'all really have the ability to pedantically pick apart everything.
I agree, getting my comment flagged for nitpicking spelling in a post about nitpicking spelling is very exhausting. Even more so when the person I nitpicked replied to my comment and showed no issue with my nitpick.
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Being awkward? Totally.
Not a cultural thing, S/he's is just quicker and thus more efficient.
(And exclusionary.)