[Koha-devel] Gender-neutral pronouns

[Katrin]

I have to admit that 'they' sounded unusual to me at first, but that 
doesn't mean it's not correct English and that we shouldn't use it. 
What's wrong about learning about gender neutral language in English?

I definitely prefer gender neutral to 'she'.


On 19.04.2017 21:48, Philippe Blouin wrote:
>
> That's no strawman, that's a genuine questionning.
>
> You talk inclusivity, I'm all for it, but can we walk the talk now?  
> 'They' is a bigger barrier to entry than 'he' for non-English 
> readers/coders.  But hey, what do I know, what is my perspective 
> here?  The stated initiative is good: the majority of users are 
> female, the code is male-centric, can we be progressive, inclusive...  
> But 'they' sucks.  As I said, why not use "she" ?
>
> I don't send formating and commenting patches, the QA team having 
> quite enough on its plate already.
>
> Philippe Blouin,
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>
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> On 04/19/2017 03:20 PM, Chris Cormack wrote:
>> Of course we won't fail patches, thanks for the strawman. We can 
>> easily fix them instead. In fact I volunteer to do that.
>>
>> You're welcome to fix grammar too, send some patches.
>>
>> And of course you can vote -1 you just did. I certainly noticed it.
>>
>> Chris
>>

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