Stop using male pronouns for everything
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no it is incorrect, bcuz not everyone is male. i agree with the OP where as the correct gender neutral pronoun is them/they/it
somebody i know, calls all ppl in game an it, until their gender is specified.
also, english does fail-retired-
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Personally I don't care, calling me "she" or "her" will only get a soft correction that I'm not a woman, and most everyone else will correct you in one form or another. and as said before "HE" is common for something unknown, live with it.I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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Psytrac - Dreamweaver wrote: »as said before "HE" is common for something unknown, live with it.
Seriously people get over it, this whole argument about people being annoyed by most things being labeled he pathetic, there are far more interesting things to complain about which have a valid point and not completely pointless.Executor Of Reunited ~ Level 3 ~ Level 85+ ~ No Drama, No Pressure Faction.
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i think OP jsut had to complain bout soemthing, cos was bored o.O
cos else see no point xDI'm sorry for misspelling / mistyping and grammar b:surrender
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I don't understand why it's so important. I am female, I call the bosses all "he" unless it looks like a "She" Like Zimo. The princesses in Tusk are "she." The drum boss is a "he" to me. What does it really matter what they are to me? What does it matter what it is to Bob, Lisa, John or Sally? Call them what you want. But asking others to call them "it" isn't going to make the game a better place, for you or me. I can understand maybe venting how you feel about it, but come on, why is it such a big deal?[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Heartstone - Dreamweaver wrote: »i think OP jsut had to complain bout soemthing, cos was bored o.O
cos else see no point xD[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Male = He
Female = She
unknown = He
Veno = He or it (never sure )
But who cares more important things in the World to worry about, but hey if It (OP) wants to burn its bra and tie itself to Arch railings .. knock itself out
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XanZerstorer - Dreamweaver wrote: »The points of abbreviations is to make a "long" word recognizable even shortened for practical usage. "Venomancer" abbreviated as "man" would sound really awkward "TT2-3 LF MAN, PM me" since it shares a common word, man. Kinda like what's going on with "sin" and the actual word sin. Yet referring to an "assassin" as a "sin" is better than to refer to it as "****" IMO... "ssass" would kill the whole point of abbreviating it. Thus the "long" with quotation marks. It's more practical, but indeed gets confusing to new players.
At least the interface for PWI is in ONE language...
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Lol get used to abbreviations cuz its here to stay pal.
EDIT: this is for WaffleChan quoted urs for truth :P[SIGPIC]http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=9020987015&dateline=1276198884[/SIGPIC]
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lymphocyte wrote: »Everywhere I go, people are calling bosses he or him. What makes that boss male? Does the boss show male sex characteristics? no. So call the boss an it. And I see it here on the forums, when someone has a faceless avatar, people automatically assume the person is male and call them he or him. Guess what, not everyone is male! Females do exist! Take that into consideration and when you talk about someone who's gender is unspecified, say he or she, or them.
Fail thread.
Some people just like to complain about every little thing.
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You call me a troll... like it's a bad thing. QQ more.
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AlbireoTwo - Lost City wrote: »No, he's just a troll. His first thread got to like 13 pages, and was deleted the next day. He's made some more threads like these. He just likes making people argue. In this case, he expected the females to argue with the males. But seems like everyone agrees hes a complete idiot.0
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lymphocyte wrote: »im not a he ******mit!! b:angryb:angryb:angryI'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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lymphocyte wrote: »im not a he ******mit!! b:angryb:angryb:angry
Lol if u look at ur self closely,u can see u came to the general forums to complain about people calling bosses "he" thats pretty stupid to me and deserves this thread to be locked.[SIGPIC]http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=9020987015&dateline=1276198884[/SIGPIC]
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No girlz on da intrawebz[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »No girlz on da intrawebz
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lymphocyte wrote: »im not a he ******mit!! b:angryb:angryb:angry[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Wow. Couldn't find a lamer thing to whine about?
I mean seriously, who gives a damn if you call a mob he or she?? I always call mobs "he", unless they look like girls, like some mermaids do. But now, lets call Krimson, Empyrean Slither, Mantavip Scout and Kimsa also "she", then they'll be flattered and won't kill us ^^
That... sounds just.. wrong, really wrong to me b:shocked
But I understand it's not cool if someone calls you a guy if you're a girl, and vice versa. I have had this problem since I started playing a veno (read my siggeh). It also disturbs me, as I have a pretty simple name, and most people call me Fiery, when I'm in a squad where someone keeps calling me "the veno". Like this :
Person A: who will tank?
Person B: the veno will do it.
And some people just say it without even asking me if I want to do something. But it's not just me, they call every person they meet "the cleric", "the barb" and so on. Ya know it's really impolite to talk like the third person wasn't in the chat too, go learn your manners children![SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Fiery_Demon - Heavens Tear wrote: »Wow. Couldn't find a lamer thing to whine about?
I mean seriously, who gives a damn if you call a mob he or she?? I always call mobs "he", unless they look like girls, like some mermaids do. But now, lets call Krimson, Empyrean Slither, Mantavip Scout and Kimsa also "she", then they'll be flattered and won't kill us ^^
That... sounds just.. wrong, really wrong to me b:shocked
But I understand it's not cool if someone calls you a guy if you're a girl, and vice versa. I have had this problem since I started playing a veno (read my siggeh). It also disturbs me, as I have a pretty simple name, and most people call me Fiery, when I'm in a squad where someone keeps calling me "the veno". Like this :
Person A: who will tank?
Person B: the veno will do it.
And some people just say it without even asking me if I want to do something. But it's not just me, they call every person they meet "the cleric", "the barb" and so on. Ya know it's really impolite to talk like the third person wasn't in the chat too, go learn your manners children!
U do know its a game right? IJS[SIGPIC]http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=9020987015&dateline=1276198884[/SIGPIC]
No pride, No shame. Thats the name of the game.
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Criminal - Raging Tide wrote: »U do know its a game right? IJS[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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AlbireoTwo - Lost City wrote: »Don't pick on the veno.
U should take ur own sig's adviceb:embarrass and yes its "the" veno :P[SIGPIC]http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=9020987015&dateline=1276198884[/SIGPIC]
No pride, No shame. Thats the name of the game.
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Oh the angst... does it really matter? b:chuckle
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Wouldn't it be more correct to say "The Veno"?Retired
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LOL.
It's been said before, and I'll say it again:
He is the pronoun used when referring to something with an unspecified gender. This seems to change when it comes to vehicles however, because in these cases, they seem to be a "she" more often than not. Maybe it's because guys like their cars like they like their women...?
Anyway, point being, I will call Fushma a he, and you can't do anything about it. Grow some balls and deal with the fact that the English language does not always make sense.
Also, if you wanted to be really cheeky, you could always say that a venomancer is a "shim" until you're corrected. But like I said... that's if you want to be cheeky.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
I love coming home from a weekend out of town and seeing troll threads like these.
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well in my native language word 'boss' is male pronounce, so even if boss is female i could still say he and im kinda used to it lol0
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Aadi - Lost City wrote: »I love coming home from a weekend out of town and seeing troll threads like these.
...ijs
For a minute I didn't realise that was you.
Nice new siggy there. Chesire cat inspired? =0[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Airyll - Dreamweaver wrote: »For a minute I didn't realise that was you.
Nice new siggy there. Chesire cat inspired? =0
I felt like a change b:cute It's a mooncat!
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Aadi - Lost City wrote: »I felt like a change b:cute It's a mooncat!
Sur le gasp! That's... a strangely pretty image. =3 Makes more sense now I see the whole thing, although I swear I'm still seeing American McGee's Alice's Chesire Cat in there.
... American McGee's Alice's Chesire Cat... try saying that five times over when drunk. b:chuckle
Still, t'is a good new siggy. I now just have to retrain my brain to recognise you by it. xD[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
Airyll - Dreamweaver wrote: »Sur le gasp! That's... a strangely pretty image. =3 Makes more sense now I see the whole thing, although I swear I'm still seeing American McGee's Alice's Chesire Cat in there.
... American McGee's Alice's Chesire Cat... try saying that five times over when drunk. b:chuckle
Still, t'is a good new siggy. I now just have to retrain my brain to recognise you by it. xD
Yeah that's what I thought when I saw it. I had been looking for something that I liked to play around with for a while and that one just stuck....It's a pretty kittyyyy
Thanks. I'll try not to change it again for a while b:chuckle[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
"aadi is a forum ninja, always there, skirting thru the shadows... striking with quick posts while you are distracted by your own" -Alexeno(kin)
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Aadi - Lost City wrote: »Yeah that's what I thought when I saw it. I had been looking for something that I liked to play around with for a while and that one just stuck....It's a pretty kittyyyy
Thanks. I'll try not to change it again for a while b:chuckle
It's certainly an interesting kitty, but whether I'd call it pretty... well we all have opinions. |D
You know, I have no right to speak about the changing of a signature. I've gone through about three different ones this year, and that's about to be four. >.>" I'm just... a signature *****. b:shutup[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0
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