I'd rant about ignoring the grammarians and there are far more authoritative sources for the singular "they", ...
BUT, I don't think either is the best choice and agree with reframing to "Your [partner's/lover's/special someone's] birthday". If you're trying to be casual, then be that and fun. Think about how women talk about these things with each other. Use language that makes them think about the relationship and not about form-filling. Mini-rant: It's interesting that so many of us gripe about grammar lessons in school, then want to enforce it in places like this, calling things "wrong" and "ungrammatical". And at the same time we talk about designing for people. People communicate. In all different ways. Changing according to context and communication partners. The true wrongs are believing that there is only one right and focusing on structure over meaning. Phillip [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43910 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
