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I'm convinced. Where can I mention that women are very welcome?I'm convinced. Where can I mention that women are very welcome?Posted Aug 29, 2009 18:00 UTC (Sat) by paulj (subscriber, #341)In reply to: I'm convinced. Where can I mention that women are very welcome? by dlang Parent article: FSF to host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software
Obviously I meant "they" is used in British english as a gender-neutral *singular* pronoun (and similarly the possessive "their" can be used in a gender-neutral, singular fashion).
I'm reasonably certain this is a long-standing practice in english. It's also quite elegant.
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I'm convinced. Where can I mention that women are very welcome? Posted Aug 29, 2009 21:59 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
It's such a longstanding practice that you could do it in Old English and probably in languages predating that. If what you're speaking is English enough that you can be understood without special training, you can use singular they.
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