Do architects have a business dependancy on specific builders?

Jeepers_Creepers

Doozergirl said:

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Sorry.  I lost my sense of humour this morning. It might be the wine I drank yesterday.  😬

Typical tradeswoman.

JGB1955

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Doozergirl said:

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Sorry.  I lost my sense of humour this morning. It might be the wine I drank yesterday.  😬

Typical tradeswoman.

Ouch! ....

GDB2222

Doozergirl said:

GDB2222 said:

Aww I don’t say they when I mean a single person. That’s far too confusing. And he/she is very cumbersome.  English is an evolving language, and soon it will evolve a gender neutral pronoun hopefully.

Do you also use a similarly offensive word to replace 'you' when need a word to describe it in singular and plural forms? 

'They' has been used in the singular for hundreds of years, is perfectly sensible and doesn't offend women (in particular but not limited to them). 

I agree with you, except that 'they' is very ambiguous. Take this example from a newspaper article:
"Rowan Thompson, 17, had just returned from a jog with Joanna Thompson when they attacked her"
How many people attacked whom?

I'm really sorry if I offended anyone. I don't think of 'he' as offensive, but I'll bear your view in mind.  To be frank, I almost wrote he/she, and I would have done on my PC. On the tiny device I was actually writing on at the time, it was beyond my capabilities. 

Jeepers_Creepers

GDB2222 said:

 To be frank, I almost wrote he/she, and I would have done on my PC. On the tiny device I was actually writing on at the time, it was beyond my capabilities. 

I'm guessing the 'tiny device' was your brain.

Brrrrr-cheeesh!

Doozergirl

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Doozergirl said:

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Sorry.  I lost my sense of humour this morning. It might be the wine I drank yesterday.  😬

Typical tradeswoman.

😂😂😂      

Doozergirl

Jeepers_Creepers said:

GDB2222 said:

 To be frank, I almost wrote he/she, and I would have done on my PC. On the tiny device I was actually writing on at the time, it was beyond my capabilities. 

I'm guessing the 'tiny device' was your brain.

Brrrrr-cheeesh!

I guess it is after 5pm 🍷

And Christmas 🍷

Doozergirl

GDB2222 said:

Doozergirl said:

GDB2222 said:

Aww I don’t say they when I mean a single person. That’s far too confusing. And he/she is very cumbersome.  English is an evolving language, and soon it will evolve a gender neutral pronoun hopefully.

Do you also use a similarly offensive word to replace 'you' when need a word to describe it in singular and plural forms? 

'They' has been used in the singular for hundreds of years, is perfectly sensible and doesn't offend women (in particular but not limited to them). 

I agree with you, except that 'they' is very ambiguous. Take this example from a newspaper article:
"Rowan Thompson, 17, had just returned from a jog with Joanna Thompson when they attacked her"
How many people attacked whom?

I'm really sorry if I offended anyone. I don't think of 'he' as offensive, but I'll bear your view in mind.  To be frank, I almost wrote he/she, and I would have done on my PC. On the tiny device I was actually writing on at the time, it was beyond my capabilities. 

Wouldn't you need to describe who they were before referring to them as they? 

Thank you for taking it on board.  I know you didn't mean anything by it, it's just that it does irk a lot when you're a woman in a male dominated industry.   Even my FMB membership letters come addressed to Mr Doozergirl. 🙄

My brain hurts now.  ☺️