Re: [PATCH 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 10, 2021, 08:39 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2106101037270.57@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4ke9v6za.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi Junio,

On Tue, 8 Jun 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > To futher justify singular "they" as an acceptable grammatical concept,
> > I include the careful research of brian m. carlson who collected their
> > thoughts on this matter [2] (lightly edited):
>
> The use of "their" here I found going overboard, given that (1) it
> is outside the topic of this change, where you are not referring to
> a non-specific person, and (2) as Brian's siglines indicate, the
> preferred pronouns for the particular person you are referring to is
> "he/him or they/them".

For your record, while I sometimes mention that I use "he/him" to refer to myself, I promise I will never be offended if you refer to me via "they/them".

;-)

Ciao, Dscho