On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:57:14 -0500, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a Texas dialect, "their" is construed to mean "singular third person >of indeterminate gender". It's considered rude to use "it" to apply to >a sentient, and "his or her" is "PC" (and therefore a great sin ;-) ). Working in a hospital, it always jars when a patient of unknown sex is referred to as "It". I always use they/them/their, so it's not unique to Texas. DaveM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list