I use they all the time as the genderless pronoun. A supervisor suggested he, I changed it to (s)he.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > A common choice, at least in Canada, is to use the plural pro-noun, since, > in English, it in gender neutral. > > It's difficult to get used to, at first. > > - > -teD > - > Original Message > From: Elardus Engelbrecht > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:46 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Re: STCK question > > John McKown wrote: > >>> I've seen s/he used to cover both genders. >>Well, being computer professionals, despite not being of the UNIX variety, >>perhaps we use use the regular expression: s?he > >>(the ? means "repeat 0 or 1 times" aka "optional"). Unless we post in the >>ISPF forum whereupon it becomes r's?sh' to match PDF EDIT's specification of >>a regular expression. > > So, you and me are zero or "optional", because we're males? ;-) > > Should r's?sh' not be r's?she'? Or am I missing something optional? > > >>Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. > > Hehehe, resist, I will not, your good signature lines. ;-) > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
