TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
They usually only use it for unknown people though, which is why it sounds strange to them to use for a known person.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
They usually only use it for unknown people though, which is why it sounds strange to them to use for a known person.
podian@piefed.social 1 week ago
This contextual nuance is mostly lost or went over the heads of young learners today, for better or for worse. I like to think that’s why “they” was word of the year for a few dictionaries in the last decade or two, for the benefit of young and old alike.