Comments on: Pronoun prescription and co-workers’ rights https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/pronoun-prescription-co-workers-rights/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 05 Jul 2016 04:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Free speech roundup - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/pronoun-prescription-co-workers-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-338309 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 04:30:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59647#comment-338309 […] in place of ‘she’ and ‘he'” [Josh Blackman, Washington Post; earlier on NYC human relations commission guidelines; Hans Bader/CEI on new D.C. rules along similar […]

]]> By: Robert Allen https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/pronoun-prescription-co-workers-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-337296 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:39:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59647#comment-337296 You need to draw lines somewhere. Having someone ask to be called a made-up word not as a name but as a pronoun seems to be a good place to draw it.

]]> By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/06/pronoun-prescription-co-workers-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-337244 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:51:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=59647#comment-337244 It is a grade school. Standard usage of commonplace words, such as they, should be part of the curriculum. Indeed, as long as the federal testing standards use the common definition of ‘they’ in high stakes student testing, then this is essentially settled.

This teacher should not be insisting upon non-standard usage merely to bolster a fragile ego.

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