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minus-squareEcco the dolphin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoShakespeare had no problem with singular they, by the way. I also found it natural to use before I had a concept of those existing outside the gender binary. “Who left their umbrella?” Mentioning semantic shift here doesn’t seem to do anything but make me imagine you are grandpa Simpson yelling at passing clouds.
minus-square𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoi’m totally grandpa simpson about this. “Literally” is literally a lost cause.
Shakespeare had no problem with singular they, by the way.
I also found it natural to use before I had a concept of those existing outside the gender binary. “Who left their umbrella?”
Mentioning semantic shift here doesn’t seem to do anything but make me imagine you are grandpa Simpson yelling at passing clouds.
i’m totally grandpa simpson about this. “Literally” is literally a lost cause.