faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareIt's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?faultypidgeon@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down4·edit-28 days agoWhy isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”? Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
minus-squarefaultypidgeon@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoLove how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.
Why isn’t it just common practice to just use “they” instead the entirely cumbersome “he/her”?
Like it’s just so much easier to type out and say, and it’s just better to use regardless.
Love how the top comment doesn’t even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I’m going to play the “not a native english speaker”-card on this one.