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www/philosophy kind-communication.html
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy kind-communication.html |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:21:10 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 18/12/12 18:21:10
Modified files:
philosophy : kind-communication.html
Log message:
Refer to maintain.html instead of stallman.org to illustrate
use of person, per and pers.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
Patches:
Index: kind-communication.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- kind-communication.html 31 Oct 2018 16:09:24 -0000 1.8
+++ kind-communication.html 12 Dec 2018 23:21:09 -0000 1.9
@@ -125,10 +125,15 @@
For instance, not to use pronouns for them that conflict with it.
There are several ways to avoid that; one way is to use
gender-neutral pronouns, since they don't conflict with any
- possible gender identity. One such pronoun is singular use of
- “they.” Another is
- “<a href="https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html">
- person</a>.”</p>
+ possible gender identity. One choice is singular use of
+ “they,” “them” and “their.”
+ Another choice uses the gender-neutral singular pronouns,
+ “person,” “per” and “pers,”
+ which are used in
+ <a
href="https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#About-This-Document">
+ Information for Maintainers of GNU Software</a>.
+ Other gender-neutral pronouns have also been used in English.
+ </p>
</li>
</ol>
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/31 16:09:24 $
+$Date: 2018/12/12 23:21:09 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=