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  1. goldenquagsire

    Gender Neutral Pronouns

    That would apply for literature, or perhaps a feature on the subject of pronouns. However, for other purposes, it would make things easier just to use the accepted standard. I could replace all instances of "I" in, say, an article about dogs, with "Ioe" (pretending for a moment that I and Ioe...
  2. goldenquagsire

    Gender Neutral Pronouns

    Because relatively few people would understand what "e/ey" means. Or rather, they'd probably work out the meaning and think that you were either insane or an idiot for using a seemingly made-up word for no given reason.
  3. goldenquagsire

    Gender Neutral Pronouns

    Well, it makes more sense. To me, "she" has always had the connotation that the "s" was optional to the reader. In any case, who cares? It's just a grammatical quirk that happens to favour one gender depending on which method you choose. If that's the kind of discrimination that you consider...
  4. goldenquagsire

    Gender Neutral Pronouns

    Regarding the "men is an all-inclusive category" debate, these days I see most people use "she" in situations where gender is either unknown or irrelevant (i.e. "The inquisitive reader would think to herself why I'm rambling on about canaries for fifteen pages.") Personally, I'm more fond of...
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