Rufus T. Firefly wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Seems a marvelous and good-natured interpretive analogy, Robert.
I'm still not certain what to say, personally , upon meeting a person presenting that self-image . For example, in a classroom, I wonder if I would use "he"or "her" when referencing that person. I'm not even certain how I would respectfully and with kindness ask such a person which pronouns he or she or (?) might prefer being utilized when making Third Person (which mark Gender) reference.
Just address the person by their name and keep on moving forward.
Nonsense, or at least, a flippant reply, sir, typically condescending, but unhelpful. It's definitely
not that simple.
Absolutely not. Giving it such short-shrift is clumsy, at best. It certainly would not be seldom that a person would be referred to in such a setting necessitating the use of a Third Person pronoun. For example, teacher stands in front of the class, and during the lesson refers to a clever answer given by that person , previously, saying something like, "Yesterday, she said..." or "Yesterday, he said...". Get it?
Don't be silly, please, and reckless with your answers, kindly. I realize you have, at times, a strong motivation to be smartazzzed, but here I am talking -
trying to talk - about something that concerns being considerate of another person in our modern society, a place of many, many changes.
