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alysdexia
26
Sep 18, 2018
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One has no their; 1 != 2.
thick -> tall; slim -> squat; will -> shall, may
imnotpete
3
Nov 3, 2018
alysdexiaThis use of "their" has been valid and accepted in English for over 500 years (and the word "they" only existed for 100 years before that). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
alysdexia
26
Nov 4, 2018
imnotpeteEnglish has been dead for 1000 years sith the Norman Conquest; everyone talks in "Einglish" now with loanwords and slang. Populism/appeal to popularity is never a valid argument.
singular indefinite common: one
singular definite common: who
singular indefinite neuter: it
singular definite neuter: that
plural indefinite common: some
plural definite common: they
plural indefinite neuter: some
plural definite neuter: those
(Edited by moderator AlexPk)
Notsurewhyibother
1200
Dec 12, 2018
alysdexiaThe truly intelligent always resort to schoolyard insults like "retards". Or was it pompous, self-important pedants? I always get those two confused.
alysdexia
26
Dec 12, 2018
NotsurewhyibotherThe intelligent aren't ageist, ignorant, or projective.
orbatos
10
Dec 13, 2018
alysdexiaFortunately for language you are incorrect. Language requires popular appeal to be functional, and constantly evolves even though we may find certain aspects very irritating. Your use of logical judgement simply doesn't apply in this case.
Notsurewhyibother
1200
Dec 14, 2018
orbatosWrong. Obviously we should all still be speaking old English.
In addition, written English should be in runes, not this Johnny-come-lately Latin style alphabet garbage.
SDante
109
Apr 8, 2019
alysdexia"Anglish", it stems from the many Anglic languages and alphabets, it has been around for a long time in many forms. They arrived after three Romans but not before the Romans made not before the Saxons, well before the Norman invasion. 500 years ago Angles were called and Saxons were Seaxe (plural) they carried a form of axe/knife used at sea.
"English" is itself only a late 18th century word.
The word "hira" was in use 500 years ago, in modern English, "their". It was plural back then and so were it's ancestors.
Old English is not very old.
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