From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:05:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f39c467-1d95-8f74-5e4b-6889c4352f9b@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqv95aqeyh.fsf_-_@gitster.g>
On 7/16/2021 2:41 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> The only change relative to the previous one is that this
> explicitly calls out that some are taught that 'they' is only used
> for third-person plural. As we already say that some foreigners
> find it ungrammatical and unnatural to use 'they', I actually do
> not think it is necessary, but I'd prefer not to leave easy loose
> end hanging untied, so let's close this round and let others polish
> on top if they wanted to after the dust settls.
...
> + Note that this sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to those who
> + learned that "they" is only used for third-person plural, e.g.
> + those who learn English as a second language in some parts of the
> + world.
Perfect. Thank you.
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-16 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-14 1:07 What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2021, #03; Tue, 13) Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 2:16 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-07-14 16:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 22:39 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-07-14 22:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 8:42 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2021-07-14 11:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-14 11:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-14 17:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-14 13:11 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-07-14 14:32 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-15 16:25 ` [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description Junio C Hamano
2021-07-15 16:35 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-07-15 16:47 ` Taylor Blau
2021-07-15 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-16 21:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-15 17:27 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-07-16 15:11 ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-07-16 21:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-16 18:41 ` [PATCH v2] " Junio C Hamano
2021-07-16 19:05 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2021-07-16 19:11 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-16 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-16 21:14 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-08-12 8:35 ` [PATCH] " Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-14 20:11 ` What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2021, #03; Tue, 13) Taylor Blau
2021-07-19 7:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-07-19 7:53 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-19 8:35 ` Jeff King
2021-07-19 10:42 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-19 10:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-07-19 11:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-19 8:33 ` Jeff King
2021-07-19 10:41 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-07-19 10:52 ` Jeff King
2021-07-19 18:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-19 19:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-20 6:31 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-07-20 7:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-20 6:32 ` [PATCH] t0000: fix test if run with TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY Patrick Steinhardt
2021-07-20 7:11 ` Jeff King
2021-07-20 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-20 7:24 ` Felipe Contreras
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