<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I think "they" is less unwieldy, but I wonder if there's some legal distinction that our lawyer would be aware of between "he,she,it" and "they".</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.363636016845703px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16.363636016845703px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Perhaps we can say to the lawyer "we want gender neutral language, 'they' would be preferable if possible in legal nomenclature, otherwise 'he, she, or it"</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br><blockquote style="border-left:
2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Liz Barry <ebarry@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 7, 2013 5:30 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Osmf-talk] Gender Neutral Language in the AoA Update<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1632267615"><div dir="ltr">+1<div style=""><br></div><div style="">no opinion on "he, she, it" vs. singular "they"</div></div><div class="yiv1632267615gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv1632267615gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Rob Myers <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rob@robmyers.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:rob@robmyers.org">rob@robmyers.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv1632267615gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv1632267615im">On 07/03/13 22:15, Kate Chapman wrote:<br>
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Hi All,<br>
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I would like to propose that the AoA be updated to use gender neutral<br>
language in the update.<br>
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Honestly I don't feel that just putting the phrase at the top "Words<br>
importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine<br>
gender;" is very inclusive.<br>
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Agreed.<div class="yiv1632267615im"><br>
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Changing things to say "he or she" would<br>
not be impossible or if we wanted to cover all bases "he, she, or it."<br>
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I propose singular they.<span class="yiv1632267615HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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- Rob.</font></span><div class="yiv1632267615HOEnZb"><div class="yiv1632267615h5"><br>
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