| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj> |
| Cc: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, Peter Geoghegan *EXTERN* <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-committers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-committers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation |
| Date: | 2015-09-22 14:11:50 |
| Message-ID: | 560161A6.9000900@dunslane.net |
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On 09/22/2015 09:25 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote:
> If someone sends me a document that uses "their" in a singular usage,
> I will think that person is lazy. That will continue to be the case,
> whether people tell me that it's accepted usage or not.
You can think that if you like, but it's not even remotely true. It's a
deliberate choice to use a new, perfectly reasonable and now widely
accepted style of which you disapprove, but it's not lazy.
cheers
andrew
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