[lit-ideas] Re: Member Issues
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:53:41 -0700
On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:37 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
> Last time I asked it was Judy I think who
>> said, "Yes, we agreed on that a while back. 'They' is
>> fine."
>
> certainly sounds like me... I can't see a feminist angle, there's already the
> gender-neutral professor, over there.
>
Early this morning I explained myself badly. "They" as a gender neutral
pronoun to indicate a single person. "A professor must remember to take their
book bag to college." Hear it all the time. Hate it.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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