> On Jan 29, 2020, at 8:25 AM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion 
> <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 2:23 AM omd via agora-discussion <
> agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 9:07 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion
>> <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
>>> Personally, I’m vaguely of the opinion that we should switch to
>> they/them instead of Spivak in general. Our use of Spivak now feels like
>> using Betamax in 1990—sure, it was probably better, but the other one won
>> and it’s silly to keep doing our own thing.
> 
> 
> For the record, I strongly disagree. I think Spivak is part of Agoran
> culture at this point, like the “or” suffixes at the end of offices. It’s
> part of what makes Agora different and unique. In short, it’s a dialectal
> variation, and I think Agora having its own dialect, not just its own
> terminology, is pretty awesome.
> 
> -Aris

This is, IMO, the best counterpoint.

Gaelan

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