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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-06 04:04 pm

[ SECRET POST #2742 ]


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Re: What are your thoughts on non-binary genders?

[personal profile] nyxelestia 2014-07-07 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Seconding this, and chiming in to add that originally, "you" was actually the plural form, while "thou" was the singular. English lost "thou/thee" and made "you" do double-duty, and over time we started to associate "you" with the singular because we associate the 2nd person with addressing a single person (i.e. in conversation, which is how we use the 2nd person most of the time), rather than groups.

As I understand it, it's even becoming a thing that the SAT is no longer penalizing students for using "they/their" to refer to a singular person if gender is in question (or at least I know that was up for serious debate not too long ago).