He said, she said

[Awakened]

It had BETTER be He.

 

[Rauol_Duke]

I would prefer all pronouns be relaced with Takasi

 

[Szatany]

Heroes male, monsters female

 

[Fenris_x]

I picked "she" because the sorts of people who get all upset about the use of she as a generic pronoun annoy the crap out of me.

Really, it should be a mixture. But that wasn't in the poll.

QFT and exactly how I feel.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I would always choose grammar before politics (especially on this board, where discussion of the latter is verboten! ), so I would say "he."

Any chance you could give me a cite for this as a grammar rule as opposed to standardized style choice? Last time I went looking, I couldn't find a rule for he as actually being gender neutral grammaticly as opposed to "used when gender is unknown" as default style.

If you want to choose traditional style over an alternate modern style, thats fine, but labling it "grammar before politics" has never struck me as more than a very clever political jab.

If I had to pick a single pronoun I'd go with "they". And tell language perscriptivists to kiss my Shakespeare.

 

[TwinBahamut]

I know some people don't like hearing this, but the generic pronoun for a person of unidentified gender in th English language is "he". Ungendered pronouns are never used to refer to individual people. As such, "he" is the correct answer.

However, I expect WotC will probably continue the trend of using pronoun based on the gender of the associated iconic character, as they have been doing in 3E. Of course, that isn't a possible aswer in the poll, so I am not sure what this poll is trying to accomplish...

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I know some people don't like hearing this, but the generic pronoun for a person of unidentified gender in th English language is "he". Ungendered pronouns are never used to refer to individual people. As such, "he" is the correct answer.

Cite please, as this directly contridicts the modern dictionaries and grammar books I have looked in.

"People don't like hearing" is another good way of putting forth your personal opinion.

 

[hexgrid]

If it is "she", guys won't care

Based on previous EnWorld threads on the topic, this is not true (to put it mildly.)

I like both second person pronouns, or following the gender of the iconic.

 

[hexgrid]

I know some people don't like hearing this, but the generic pronoun for a person of unidentified gender in th English language is "he". Ungendered pronouns are never used to refer to individual people. As such, "he" is the correct answer.

The English language is constantly changing. Even if what you say is true, there's no reason it has to stay that way.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I say "he". Most D&D players are male, so we have the bigger claim