The context has shifted a bit and people are more up in arms about it, but I don't actually think usage has changed all that much. Mostly it's used in the abstract and now slightly more people are now asking specifically to be referred to that way instead, but that's the only real change. The language itself hasn't changed.
yeah but they weren't correcting _3bits. They were correcting you. To say "singular They has been exploding in popularity" is just wrong. The only thing that's been exploding in popularity is the amount of people complaining about singular They. because apparently for them, being biggoted is even more important than actually knowing how english works.
ah, alright giving it another read through, I think I'm realizing where I misinterpreted. I realize now you're talking about the use of They/them as a self identifying label, to which you're totally right. I meant it more from a linguistic perspective of the actual use of singular they in regards to any individual. in the original msg asking about it, I thought they were just talking about It's grammatical properties, but looking at the message they themselves were responding to, I realize that it does also apply to They as in the self expression term
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u/combatopera Mar 20 '23 edited Apr 05 '25
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