FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down18
arrow-up1214arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoI’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 hours agoI imagine it was fashionable at some point in the last six centuries.
minus-squareKristellAlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 hours agoIt was around the 1700s, right about when “you” became a singular pronoun
I’m really curious as to how singular they started being taught as incorrect. I really don’t think it was originally intended to be transphobic.
I imagine it was fashionable at some point in the last six centuries.
It was around the 1700s, right about when “you” became a singular pronoun