Am Samstag, 11.12.04 um 02:29 Uhr schrieb anon@pimout2-ext.prodigy.net:
The use of "they" to refer to a single person is entirely incorrect.
That the page where that error occurs is not mentioned, the bug report seems to be more a general statement for using "he" instead of "she".
Correct usage of grammar is one point, But that should not lead to vanishing women using Debian. Women are more than half of the world and should be visible.
Language is a social thing and language can change. So using "he" even if women are meant, too - or sometimes especially -, is old fashion and not acceptable any longer since many years.
greetings Jutta -- http://www.witch.westfalen.de http://witch.muensterland.org