• rah@feddit.uk
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    6 days ago

    you would also have the problem when saying …

    You would have a problem but it would not be the same problem as in my example. The problem here is not because of the choice of pronoun.

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      Well it kinda is. Pronouns are like names, in the sense that we use them to describe to whom we refer.

      They are a non injective function on the name set.

      The restriction you would like to make is that the function is not multivalued. But it is. As an example, Andrea is a name that is usually associated with a female person, but it is a normal name for male people in Italy.

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        5 days ago

        Well it kinda is.

        I disagree.

        Pronouns are like names

        Pronouns are not names.

        allowed

        That’s the second time you’ve used the word “allow”. That’s very telling.

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          I disagree.

          I disagree.

          Pronouns are not names.

          Yes, that is why I wrote “like”. They serve the same functionality.

          second

          That is the first time you wrote second. That’s very telling.