ITT: Pretend we are still writing in osu! OT

B1rd · ^

Khelly wrote:

I think context is enough for your example sentences of using it. There's ambiguity in languages - so what. it's far far more useful in terms of sentences like, "my friend is bugging me." "why are they doing that?"
Are you going to interrupt the flow of the sentence just to blurt out a "he or she" that is just an annoying, cumbersome phrase. i know it's a person and I don't give a shit about the gender -just use one word because it doesn't matter.

It's fine used in that way. I'm specifically talking about when you have mentioned someone's name, as in the examples I've provided.

Khelly wrote:

Adding this into a different post because I just thought of it
"B1rd drinks his coffee."
B1rd, why are you drinking some other dude's coffee? You see? THE EXACT SAME ambiguity is there

Well perhaps I thought that because using their can only refer to other people in that context.

IppE wrote:

You want to continue that in ITT and leave this for silly posts?

But we're talking about silly posts, right?

Khelly · ^

If we use "their" regularly as it is used in the Osu Weekly, then it will refer to more than just "other people". It's really only an issue of people using it differently and changing the norm.

enet · ^

What a long ass driving sequence.

B1rd · ^

Language changes gradually. You don't say 'this is what a word should mean' and then start using it in that way and expect everyone else to accept that.

IppE · ^

Note to self, don't use the split posts function to throw posts to an existing thread, it's apparently very broken.

On that note, I accidentally the ITT thread.

"oops"

Khelly · ^

What the fuck just happened to this thread Ippe what did you fuck up

B1rd · ^

Is this just a bug or does ITT suddenly only have two pages?

zertap · ^

Shhh, nothing happened.

IppE · ^

Never fear, the backend gremlin has fixed what I broke.

All hail the backend gremlin.

Khelly · ^

B1rd wrote:

Language changes gradually. You don't say 'this is what a word should mean' and then start using it in that way and expect everyone else to accept that.

I believe this is the gradual change yes

B1rd · ^

No it's not, because it doesn't make any sense. And I've confirmed that in all of the grammar sites I've been to. So obviously that's not a gradual change.

Khelly · ^

What do you mean doesn't make sense? which part? the ambiguity that was still the same even when you said he?

Also Tom Scott

B1rd · ^

It doesn't make sense in the same way that using any other word in a place where it's not meant to go doesn't make sense.

Khelly · ^

B1rd wrote:

not meant to go

I think the word "meant" is a problem here.

B1rd · ^

Go petition a dictionary or something, in the meantime I'll be speaking proper English.

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