"I don't suck teets, I lick boots" ;)
It means they are conflated, even if you don't like that they are.
You do know the two overlap rather consistently from the context of the females' choice in most cultures where it persists, right?
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
Welcome to Microsoft.
Dope is 100% also used for weed. Maybe just less common for the younger gens.
That's exactly how things work.
Ideas affect change.
Not every idea brings change, but exploring new and different ideas is always worth pursuing.
Our entire civilization is built from, on, and around ideas put into actions.
No, not cool. Languages do in fact change over time, regardless of what you or I may think, do or want.
I never demanded others conform to what I want, I argued in favor of an idea that has evolved over time from my own personal growth and life experiences, and it's a suggestion that is certainly open for discussion.
This was shared as a thought out consideration meant to improve on existing language in several ways, including:
- as a compromise and simplified solution on pronoun gendering,
- more exactness when discussing single individuals or multiple individuals,
- and as a pronoun that is inclusive of everyone without having to talk down to people you disagree with.
I don't know if you just constantly see red when you go to reply on certain thread topics, but not everything is or needs to be a reactionary agitative internet fight. Have a nice day.
Lol yes, editing now, fogot what year it was.
Obviously it was all just God's will for him to become an antifa deep state false flag actor.
Edit: /s. Just to be clear.
Yes and languages evolve. I also worry that your same sort of historial logic can be used in favor of preserving gendered language and traditional gender definitions that is contrary to the goals here.
I'm arguing for a standard usage, he/her for everyone covers always having a singular standardized pronoun so that they/them can be used as plural pronouns without the potential confusion that you may be talking about more than one person in the same literal contextual frame of a discussion. Preciseness of language improves the quality of communication.
Even in that example, and perhaps the modern English translation is just incorrect in its wording, "Each man hurried... til they drew near" is still a plural representative form of usage, as 'each man' is an implied amount of more than a singular man.
To say "Each man hurried... til he drew near... where William and his darling were lying together" creates a confusion of singular subject and does not work since 'each man' and 'they' represents more than a single self identifying entity.
Projecting one's denial of rational semantics is a comprehension problem on its own.