You've read Ronia? Awesome! It's a great book, one of my favorites.
Regarding singular "they" being ungrammatical, I have to disagree with you there. There's an informative post about it on languagelog Against atheyism. But even if singular they were some newfangled, commonly-regarded-as-incorrect usage, I see no problem with using it. Personally I find it more pleasant than ze/hir, but YMMV.
I'm really fine with you ranting about other people in my dw, saves me the trouble of doing it ^_~
I think most people on FFR do realize the loathsomeness of that particular thread. I only saw two regulars whose names I recognize participating, I think people are wisely choosing to stay away from that train wreck. Nothing good can come of trying to talk sense to people who are so willfully blind to the privilege they're defending (even when it isn't their own, just one they aspire to have).
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You've read Ronia? Awesome! It's a great book, one of my favorites.
Regarding singular "they" being ungrammatical, I have to disagree with you there. There's an informative post about it on languagelog Against atheyism. But even if singular they were some newfangled, commonly-regarded-as-incorrect usage, I see no problem with using it. Personally I find it more pleasant than ze/hir, but YMMV.
I'm really fine with you ranting about other people in my dw, saves me the trouble of doing it ^_~
I think most people on FFR do realize the loathsomeness of that particular thread. I only saw two regulars whose names I recognize participating, I think people are wisely choosing to stay away from that train wreck. Nothing good can come of trying to talk sense to people who are so willfully blind to the privilege they're defending (even when it isn't their own, just one they aspire to have).