From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029A6C4338F for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04366103A for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234880AbhHLIgE (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:36:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50886 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231449AbhHLIgB (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:36:01 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x62a.google.com (mail-pl1-x62a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::62a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07B15C061765 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x62a.google.com with SMTP id n12so5691430plf.4 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:35:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=a7M85WY/lkYrZiohUcujemDF/ap+wvgHunHsbsmFpTg=; b=DWz0F/Ct864BPdg3F8htLDju4trNC6UlxS3Ghmhjb6otP2ZN7Aqp2UDjBPNANuGVtC /+ICuLFtO6hoynrRTiwDdHLVkGtKg/GBb7nAp2Bwh4eFkRMWYquXtm/Dn5NZAkSTWj7e F/0wJkHh7WUb2/KFeCX2ejkedQDLjhktbPDmp1hHvQbQ5GckvPKplcUU74UosJFNGuDG Z3+J+hWO+Z1fSrLWbYqKS5CGIm9gq6GvaHGFXT1NArx79QxIIAKM2mB4aAZESkazl6tH DMTMisN044vQ2LH7ZWt0ZRcEV27AwKnEAdb8SWajl08pfo9zyPvZE4ERlAMDLpAARUit GCLA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=a7M85WY/lkYrZiohUcujemDF/ap+wvgHunHsbsmFpTg=; b=daVvItfw/g9wE7WVoDtEfTQ0/yDI801L2fphX1NWM+nF2O4RYIWxig2vkx7Pm/4FS+ GR/U/DEYhBhlkFJ7FTZpdsTSLxBYr5c/csRPH+kkWA5i8FaBDuc6z3DatujHCq5DgSNK YYmtA2inLh4cD2OoQzbWRb+BqJcPt/MmEa33v1ApSeU9aYZLb5y5X76oC/hTvjRsB1wb W1Wj2/kXqghosWjiGToHmT7oVe17EyrLvLJ4HDQGH9hWbJx0RXgsfvvk6nL2kOL9CdzL EiESWGpP04xVR4RN6N8+4CTcIb6VXc8vEsg/lQ0Lj64qNKOm+bpJzpq4XP8BcWuoX/En 3rDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531cMWxrMlWSQuI/E0QzuPjf9lUIakJGVIQRZGUsaikfWnL/G7jX gxeopnTHln51SacOIWbS0M2jOir3u4o= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxu98r9ZRJEX8l5SZmT14R57rsrE/zTIMzFT6aTmpuwnFS4C3E+MWMjyIfXMzfgktYMjeNLMg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:6407:: with SMTP id g7mr3305460pjj.230.1628757336346; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:35:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.43.80] (subs32-116-206-28-47.three.co.id. [116.206.28.47]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q11sm2289743pfk.32.2021.08.12.01.35.34 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description To: Junio C Hamano , =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= Cc: Derrick Stolee , git@vger.kernel.org References: <2c7f188a-6ebe-b116-8299-86ca3732d79a@gmail.com> <87czrl0wob.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> From: Bagas Sanjaya Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:35:32 +0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 15/07/21 23.25, Junio C Hamano wrote: > + - If you still need to refer to an example person that is > + third-person singular, you may resort to "singular they" to avoid > + "he/she/him/her", e.g. > + > + A contributor asks their upstream to pull from them. > + > + Note that this sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to those who > + learned English as a second language in some parts of the world. > + Addendum: For grammatical correctness (for ESL people), proper, plural they can be used. So the last example can be rewritten as: Contributors ask their upstream to pull from their repository. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara