FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agoThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down110
arrow-up1234arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square49fedilink
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minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoSkill issue. Sounds like they need to hear it more often tbh.
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days ago‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that. I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoThis is one area where spanish is better. They have tu, vos, and usted (depending on formality) for singular you and they have ustedes and vosotros for you guys.
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Skill issue. Sounds like they need to hear it more often tbh.
‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.
I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
This is one area where spanish is better. They have tu, vos, and usted (depending on formality) for singular you and they have ustedes and vosotros for you guys.