• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    You/they arenā€™t gendered already. You/They are tall. He/She is tall

    People started using them as pronouns even though you would never say ā€œthey is tallā€

    Itā€™s the same thing

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      No youā€™d say ā€œThey are tall.ā€ Because thatā€™s how we conjugate that in English. They has always been used as both a singular and a plural because we donā€™t always know the gender of who were talking about. In French il/ils is the default when you donā€™t know a 3rd personā€™s gender. Il/ils is masculine.

      It isnā€™t. Iā€™m a French speaker, Iā€™m telling you it isnā€™t. Vous is second person singular or plural. They is third person singular or plural. They is NEVER second person. Vous is NEVER third person. This is how the language is used around the world today.