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argumate:

kontextmaschine:

argumate:

it would be funny if the proportion of people using they/them peaks and declines such that it becomes primarily associated with a specific generation of old people, like the name \u201cEthel\u201d.

or “Ms.”

indeed!

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Also I kind of wonder to what extent “Ethel” and “Esther” benefited from sounding like the ethyls and esters of cutting-edge Industrial Age chemistry

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