Christopher Bouzy
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09:08 PM - Mar 06, 2023
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Douglas Kelso
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
I've mentioned this before, but ...

The "messages" page tells us "To start chatting with a user, open HIS profile page"

"THEIR" instead of "his" would be both more inclusive and more accurate.
11:42 PM - Mar 06, 2023
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Tony_Bell
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,
And heaven hath pleased it so
To make us his acquaintances.
- The Bard

"His" for centuries worked well as a gender-neutral possessive personal pronoun (GNPPP), (as did "he" & "him," respectively, as nominative & objective case personal pronouns
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09:43 AM - Mar 07, 2023
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Tony_Bell
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In response to Tony_Bell.
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I've acquiesced to the demise of "his" as one of the two GNPPPs, but IDK what logically legitimated that demise.
- "His" wasn't & isn't alone in having different, even very different, denotations whereof context indicates which applies.
- Nobody referred to specific women, ...
09:45 AM - Mar 07, 2023
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Tony_Bell
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.... or groups comprised entirely of women, using masculine pronouns. Likewise, men weren't referred to using feminine pronouns.
- As a GNPPP, "his" had no derogatory connotation or denotation. It merely enabled syntaxes unavailable w/"one's," & it was number-neutral to boot.
09:50 AM - Mar 07, 2023
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