Language matters

[JellySlice]

This article demonstrates why we have to push for correct language and not allow trans rhetoric under the guise of being 'woke', PC or 'kind'.

(Anyone have a share token?)

'Gender-neutral pronouns are on their way to acceptance'. You don't get out of central London much, do you?

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But yes, interesting article. I have a Times account, will do a share token if I can work out how.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-hipster-effect-how-trends-take-off-nzqbtc8q6?shareToken=c064c75bc98d081e99bbb45c5916a2c3

Hope this works!

Isn't the flat white the other way round? The coffee that my gran drank has been given a fancy label.

Isn't the flat white the other way round? The coffee that my gran drank has been given a fancy label.

Not missed the point at all. It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that your gran would describe herself, and expect to be described as, a woman. If TRAs have their way then she, too, will be given a fancy new label: cis-woman.

Thanks, Ereshkigal.

Yes, good point about the flat white.

Interesting that women don't seem to have a tipping point.

This written by the Times 'Science' writer who has written a very odd book on gender. It has some rather unscientific coverage of transgender ideology and says older women shouldn't exist in society, at least in the form they do now.

He also wrote an equally unscientific and misleading news story on a trans study quoting GIRES.

Have you got a link to that news story, Wander?

It was a while back will try to find it.

Are his personal views relevant? He is reporting a study on the development of language, influenced by and itself influencing social norms.

Not necessarily but I'm interested to read it.

Sorry, that came out judgemental - didn't mean it that way!

It's fine, I understand that you want to keep on topic.

It isn't hipster that drive language, in my opinion.
It is the advertisers and screen writers who are constantly trawling for clever and presenting it for consumption.
Grunge was grandmas garden togs till the boys in the band borrowed them and made it trendy.
Don't even get me started on clothing designers who are fushing feeves, every one of them.