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Sure, I agree. Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/11/2018 07:45:58 AM

View original postIt's your mom.

Sure.
View original postI mean, you're right that to refer to a person as 'it' when 'he' or 'she' or singular 'they' would do is insulting, but not correct that it is always wrong to refer to an adult as 'it', even when the person's gender is not in question. Because 'he', 'she' or 'they' will not always do.

The first part being the important one here. There are grammatical constructions where you would use 'it' for any and all persons, yes. When I talk about referring to adults as 'it', I'm talking about choosing to do so in the large majority of cases where the grammar allows you to choose between 'he', 'she' and 'they'.
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Aran'gar and the trans issue. Cannoli - 13/11/2018 12:25:48 AM 877 Views
This is exactly why the knee-jerk response was so amusing. damookster - 13/11/2018 01:18:28 AM 576 Views
I think you could argue it's surprisingly apt. TheCrownless - 13/11/2018 01:31:37 AM 610 Views
I think for once you were unfairly called out on this based on your "history" TheCrownless - 13/11/2018 01:26:41 AM 628 Views
Re: I think for once you were unfairly called out on this based on your "history" Cannoli - 13/11/2018 02:40:05 AM 582 Views
I don't know what's so hard to understand about this. You don't refer to people by 'it'. Legolas - 13/11/2018 08:09:34 AM 560 Views
People are refered to by "it" all the time.... Jeordam - 13/11/2018 05:26:33 PM 565 Views
But remember, human fetuses aren't people. /s *NM* TyrReborn - 13/11/2018 05:42:00 PM 379 Views
Your second example rather proves my point, don't you think? Legolas - 13/11/2018 07:50:39 PM 573 Views
and those of us defending Cannoli maintain damookster - 13/11/2018 07:59:08 PM 511 Views
I'm not really commenting on Cannoli's post.... Jeordam - 13/11/2018 09:20:13 PM 549 Views
FWIW mine was concerning ambiguity Cannoli - 13/11/2018 11:01:03 PM 577 Views
Okay, sure. Legolas - 13/11/2018 11:26:58 PM 590 Views
Interesting.... Jeordam - 13/11/2018 11:36:43 PM 552 Views
Because it is just contempt Roland00 - 13/11/2018 11:45:08 PM 708 Views
I think I mostly covered that above, but I can recap. Legolas - 14/11/2018 08:02:51 AM 567 Views
Who's on the phone? aerocontrols - 14/11/2018 01:53:14 AM 568 Views
Sure, I agree. Legolas - 14/11/2018 07:45:58 AM 572 Views
Aran'gar does not, and doesn't have to represent, trangender people for your usage to be wrong fionwe1987 - 13/11/2018 03:21:42 PM 582 Views
Except that it isn't a person, it is a character in a book HyogaRott - 14/11/2018 02:57:12 PM 558 Views
So? fionwe1987 - 14/11/2018 07:18:10 PM 556 Views
Re: So? HyogaRott - 17/11/2018 02:13:37 PM 537 Views
Upon reflection, I have edited the original post Cannoli - 13/11/2018 08:02:17 PM 549 Views
Thank you. *NM* Legolas - 13/11/2018 11:31:41 PM 264 Views
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