On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 05:12:21PM +0300, Oğuz wrote: > If that really is a problem that has to be addressed and not > bike-shedding, let's compromise and say "his/her" instead of "his" or > "their".
Possible, but it detracts from the clarity of the sentence that it is in. > Though I don't think women who read the manual and burst into tears out of > oppression when they see "his" actually exist. The important thing is that there is no intention to oppress/denigrate/... women by the use of 'his'. What word(s) are used in translations of the manual into languages other than English ? Do similar problems exist. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
