| From: | Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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| To: | "'Peter Geoghegan *EXTERN*'" <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> |
| Cc: | 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 08:28:49 |
| Message-ID: | A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B50FAADE9@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
>> I think this compulsive 'he'-avoiding is making the text worse.
>>
>>
>> - environment variable); any user can make such a change for his session.
>> + environment variable); any user can make such a change for their session.
>
> -1. It seems fine to me.
(Disclaimer: I am not a native speaker.)
Using the pronoun of the third person plural as a replacement for "his or her"
has become widely used, at least in the U.S., and the OED condones that use:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/they
Do we want to have that everywhere?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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