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rlvaughn

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With sincere apologies to good Christians who also live there.

California Dem State Senator bans 'he' and 'she' pronouns during judiciary committee hearings
California State Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Hannah-Beth Jackson (D) announced this week that "gender neutral" pronouns will be used during committee hearings.
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Jackson also said that as the chair, she will now be known as "they," to keep in line with "the spirit of gender neutrality for the rules of this committee."

"So, the world is a different place. My grammar teacher's long gone and we won't be hearing from her," Jackson said.

She then corrected her use of the word "her."

"From them...from they," Jackson said, illustrating the foolish confusion created by the new rule.
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Martin Marprelate

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Crazy! can this woman insist upon that? Do the other committee members have to follow her?
However, I note that not too many people seem to object when Bible translations turn 'he' and 'him' into 'they' and 'them.'
 
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Martin Marprelate said:
Crazy! can this woman insist upon that? Do the other committee members have to follow her?
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I don't know about the legalities of the situation, but practically it seems she couldn't even keep it together herself!
Martin Marprelate said:
However, I note that not too many people seem to object when Bible translations turn 'he' and 'him' into 'they' and 'them.'
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Yep, seems to me to be two dogs rolling in the same carrion -- Or kyarn as we would say here (even though we're not in Appalachia).
 
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kyredneck said:
...right, one syllable not three...
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I suspect we're losing the usage here. I know how to say it, have heard it all my life, but didn't know how to spell it. So when I looked it up I was intrigued that it is considered Appalachian regional pronunciation. That may mean that most of us in the South used to say it that way but it has survived best in Appalachia. Personally, I would have problems forcing the word care-ee-un out of my mouth.:eek:
 
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Me bein from Appalachia and all I got no problem with the one syllable pronunciation of it...:D
 
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RighteousnessTemperance& said:
The gender confusion did not start in the US (well, not exactly) and is not yet as widespread here as it is in some other parts of the world, with the various competitions in beauty and athleticism. That said…

Mallard Fillmore Comic Strip for December 31, 2018 | Comics Kingdom

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Not to change the subject, but Mallard looks suspiciously like Opus from "Bloom County".
[My personal favorite next to Calvin and Hobbes]
 
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RighteousnessTemperance&

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rlvaughn said:
I don't know about the legalities of the situation, but practically it seems she couldn't even keep it together herself!
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She stated that California is now officially a gender neutral state (with a signed bill by the guv).

Not only did she get it wrong at the first opportunity, her declension got lost in the attempted recovery ("for they").
 
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