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I wonder why the like/dislike bar is disabled...

Also lmao at the comments, I don't think anyone is taking her seriously.
 
"Progressive": 'Dictionary definitions are worthless. Language evolves, you know!'

"Progressive": *Produces video going to ridiculous lengths into the etymological history of a word to discredit it despite current common parlance being gender neutral.*

So that means... it's a day ending in Y.
 
Pestilence said:
"Progressive": 'Dictionary definitions are worthless. Language evolves, you know!'

"Progressive": *Produces video going to ridiculous lengths into the etymological history of a word to discredit it despite current common parlance being gender neutral.*

So that means... it's a day ending in Y.
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I mean both could technically be correct statements on the English language, you'll always have the wierdos defending some old-speak from the 17th century (in total contradiction that we spoke old English before that, germanic/latin, proto germanic and what have you...) and it's usually an argument against them that the first statement exists.

The second argument is more social engineering, that the term "guy" is still heavily associated with being male, is i think obviously true? But it's also contradictory because these people are just solidifying it by fighting the re-association.

Best to just ignore both the obnoxious lexical "back in my great, great, great grandpappy's day" twits and the "progressives".

Language is what society as a whole makes of it, not sub-sections.
 
*worthy thread redemption ? - hey guysbrexiteers*

For vocabulary choice, when will the word brexiteer enter websters dictionary , as a term of personal derision, and, take over the crown, from other words, like numpty, spanner, tool ?
it works at work, and, I posted yesterday using br***** , which seemed appropriate, ... all too raw ?
 
jpaul said:
*worthy thread redemption ? - hey guysbrexiteers*

For vocabulary choice, when will the word brexiteer enter websters dictionary , as a term of personal derision, and, take over the crown, from other words, like numpty, spanner, tool ?
it works at work, and, I posted yesterday using br***** , which seemed appropriate, ... all too raw ?
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Doubt it, I think it's a word that will fade into history and won't mean much. We're all leavers now...
 
My problem with this video, is that she immediately explains how 'guys' was never originally a gendered term, and the evolution of language turned it into a male noun. She then explains that it's since come full-circle and is no longer a male-centric noun, and that language has evolved again...but this time it doesn't matter and we should still stop saying it? That to me implies that we place no value in language that evolves and thus are slaves to historical context. As someone who writes as part of my living, I find that quite aggrieving.

Perhaps a more appropriate way to re-establish the term 'guys' is for non-cis individuals and cohort to take them term on and own it, making it mean exactly what they want it to. Much in the same way that predominantly black African-American culture has appropriated the previously derogatory racist term 'n****r' into a word of power for themselves.

Meh, just my initial thoughts.
 
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