Roman55
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- Joined
- Feb 5, 2014
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- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- France
A couple of websites I own fell victim to hacker attacks yesterday and it caused me an enormous amount of trouble. I spent all day trying to resolve the problem and in so doing at one point ended up watching some video tutorials on Google Webmaster Tools. To cut a long story short, I came across something new, for me at least, and thought it worth mentioning.
The discourse went along the lines of, "the hacker this" and "the hacker that" and, "she might be trying to...", and "what might be her motivations?" and so on. He, him or his were never mentioned. Have I missed an evolution in the English language?
I am aware of gender neutrality, although I don't subscribe to it myself, but this is taking things to new heights. Or is it just Californian English?
The discourse went along the lines of, "the hacker this" and "the hacker that" and, "she might be trying to...", and "what might be her motivations?" and so on. He, him or his were never mentioned. Have I missed an evolution in the English language?
I am aware of gender neutrality, although I don't subscribe to it myself, but this is taking things to new heights. Or is it just Californian English?