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Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them

Tom Scott · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tom Scott argues that grammatical gender is a silly concept and that the singular 'they' is an established gender-neutral pronoun. The description carries later corrections and reflections he added in 2019.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as a short, friendly explanation of singular they and grammatical gender in discussions of pronoun usage.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2015

What HN commenters said

  1. “Gender neutral pronouns: they're here to stay[1].”

    Singular they is established gender-neutral usage.

    tehwalrus, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “Reminding Starbucks that Beautiful Code Should Make Beautiful Language”

  2. “Tom Scott has a great video on grammatical gender that is worth a watch”

    Tom Scott on grammatical gender.

    mdisraeli, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “The Power of a Pronoun”

  3. “I just thought these two Tom Scott clips were fun and relevant to these grammar issues.”

    Problems with gendered pronouns and singular they.

    pdkl95, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “How to Fold a Julia Fractal”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: singular they, linguistics, grammar, tom scott, pronouns

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