On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Westley Martínez <aniko...@gmail.com> > All right I have to reply to all these "singular they" remarks. Just > because the singular they has been used for a long time doesn't make it > right. It sounds unnatural, at least to me, and I've always been taught > to use "he or she" which I despise. So all my life I've used the generic > "he". Anyways, I remember reading somewhere that for Python Strunk and > White apply, and neither Strunk nor White like singular theys.
That's how I felt 20 years ago. But since then I've come to appreciate they as a much better alternative to either "he or she" or "he". Just get used to it. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
