[lit-ideas] Re: Member Issues
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:34:56 +0000 (GMT)
> 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.
I knew what you meant. But "A professor must remember to take his book bag to
college" is obnoxious. "Professors...book bags..." is I suppose best.
I take it you shun Jane Austen
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Fri, 1/10/10, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Member Issues
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, 1 October, 2010, 16:53
>
> 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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