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To: Stosh

“Note the way the writer uses “[Lia]” when reporting the comment from Lia’s teammate, which I assume is the way that writer avoids the pronoun trap associated with this business.”

I noticed that too.

I wonder if the anonymous swimmer quoted used he or she?


14 posted on 01/25/2022 3:10:46 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

I’d bet she used “she” - that’s the fashion among the educated these days.

But the writer for the article handled the entire situation in a manner I considered just about perfect: she used the swimmer’s new name, Lia, when necessary, which I’m fine with - Johnny Cash settled that issue with me with “A Boy Named Sue”. But she *never* used a pronoun for the XY swimmer in the entire article, always using a proper noun or descriptive noun when needed.


18 posted on 01/25/2022 3:17:32 PM PST by Stosh
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