I'm game. This will be fun, especially with my pals on Commons ;-)

Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :)


On Sep 8, 2011, at 1:27 PM, carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:

Having  just now read through a long paragraph on ANI of a user saying he or she and him or her about an editor, I say, for less complexities sake, let's do it. See what happens.

On 9/8/2011 12:48 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
I actually would love to follow the reactions of people when you call them "she" and you're wrong. How would they reply?

Kaldari says he's been called "she" a number of times! :)

Sarah

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM, <carolmooredc@verizon.net> wrote:
Recently two users I thought were he's turned out to be she's.  And then
I identified a user with a neutral sounding name as a he - though
looking again at name, probably is a she.

Then it occurred to me, why assume they are male anyway?

Why not call all neutral user names she from now on?

He is part of she.
Male is part of female.
Man is part of woman.

Hmmm... how much "trouble" will I get in if I do it??

Carol in dc

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