From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: egrep --color=always 'zsh\.'
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 05:50:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <148dbc42-e2cd-43db-beef-8463640e03a4@eastlink.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA=-s3yBhu2J_HwpvQXv57MUSMfk+Knqqb1FwjwMdwVX8wy1eg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2024-04-02 20:42, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 4:14 PM Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@zsh.org> wrote:
>
> Please refrain from referring to zsh as "she". The shell is
> neither a woman nor a ship.
>
>
> That is a ridiculous request. We use gendered pronouns for inanimate
> objects all the time in English; it's purely a stylistic flourish, by
> no means limited to ships. Please refrain from telling others how to
> express themselves.
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
In my case I refer to the shell in the feminine because she captivates
me but I don't understand her, and often I don't know what she wants nor
how to keep her happy. However this is the most rancor-free forum I've
ever been on so whatever keeps the peace. Besides, Lawrence has helped
me a hundred times so I 'owe him'.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-02 16:33 Ray Andrews
2024-04-02 20:14 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2024-04-02 20:53 ` Ray Andrews
2024-04-02 22:45 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2024-04-02 22:55 ` Bart Schaefer
2024-04-02 23:29 ` Ray Andrews
2024-04-03 8:18 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2024-04-02 23:26 ` Ray Andrews
2024-04-03 3:42 ` Mark J. Reed
2024-04-03 12:50 ` Ray Andrews [this message]
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