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Thanks for your answers. The plural form seemed a bit less awkward for me, but I was wondering if it was my knowledge of French grammar rules that played tricks on me. So thanks for confirming.
 
mgagnonlv said:
I have one question about grammar when using "they" to designate a single person. How should the verb be formed? Like the 3rd person singular (which it represents) or like the 3rd person plural (which is the traditional use of "they"?

So, for example, we say: He is, He has, he eats.
When we use the neutral "they" either to designate either a non-gender-specific person or a random person, should it be: They are, Hey have and they eat (i.e. no "s") because that's the way a verb with "they" is usually formed?
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Would "theis" work? Condensation of th' eis ... as that's the one!
 
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Jae said:
Sorry, I realize I gave the wrong answer earlier. You actually use the plural noun. For example...

Use this...

"A bank employee is a member of our church. They are very good at financial stuff. They like to do bookkeeping. They help the pastor make the annual budget."

Not this...

"A bank employee is a member of our church. They is very good at financial stuff. They likes to do bookkeeping. They helps the pastor make the annual budget."

The latter just sounds silly.
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One can find silly things just about anywhere in this world ... makes a good test station for god ... to pick out some intelligence from all the defaults ... rational is not a big thing in our confinement!
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/h...20170726121411511-jpg/20110952/2-format43.jpg

A German family court building tried to be accommodating by declaring an accessible bathroom also as a gender neutral bathroom with this sign. The picture of the half man /half woman sparked complains- people saying that transgender people are pictured as "only half" person.
I am sure the intention was good. Do you find the picture offensive?
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Thank you for the question...
Personally the sign makes sense to me and I do not find it offensive.
Only so much can be done with symbols such as these and i feel there are much more urgent things to be upset about
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/h...20170726121411511-jpg/20110952/2-format43.jpg

A German family court building tried to be accommodating by declaring an accessible bathroom also as a gender neutral bathroom with this sign. The picture of the half man /half woman sparked complains- people saying that transgender people are pictured as "only half" person.
I am sure the intention was good. Do you find the picture offensive?
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I find the sign confusing more than anything. If I saw it out in public I wouldn't know what to make of it.
 
Jae said:
If you say so. I wouldn't know. I've never been inside a women's washroom.
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Of that I am glad...
My experience is that there is no breeze in the women's bathroom to blow a skirt or dress to one side.
I am surprised that a bathroom sign would be thought to indicate a breeze.
 
I find that extraordinarily clear. In another language - gender neutral, barrier free. WTF is the problem?
 
RitaTG said:
Of that I am glad...
My experience is that there is no breeze in the women's bathroom to blow a skirt or dress to one side.
I am surprised that a bathroom sign would be thought to indicate a breeze.
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I am not saying that it indicates a breeze RitaTG. I am only saying that to me the graphic looks like someone standing in a breeze. There is a marked difference between those two things. Why do some transgender people want their own washrooms anyway? Why aren't they content with just going to the washroom of their gender?
 
When we were in Europe we came across several gender neutral bathrooms. In fact, the campground we stayed at in Ignace Ontario had a genre neutral bathroom AND shower. Really it was no big deal at all. The toilets and showers were in individual "closets" with lockable doors. It was all very private. The only communal area was the sinks. Frankly, if we had more of those I'm thinking there'd be fewer issues. Of course that's assuming people could be mature about it .....
 
Jae said:
I am not saying that it indicates a breeze RitaTG. I am only saying that to me the graphic looks like someone standing in a breeze. There is a marked difference between those two things. Why do some transgender people want their own washrooms anyway? Why aren't they content with just going to the washroom of their gender?
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Jae..... we have been over this time and again and by this point the answer should be common sense.
Perhaps try reasoning it out using the information I have already shared throughout this entire thread.
As an exercise.... please try reasoning this out and I will be happy to assist
 
Jae, why are you so obtuse? Has it never occurred to you that a) people transition in a place they've been accustomed to being, so they must actually MOVE from using one room to another; and b) that there might be stages in a transition where "assumed" gender identity is inaccurate?

Gender -who the f*** cares - bathrooms are a huge kindness to both trans people, and usually, to disabled people. It's a clear win-win.
 
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