Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:53:37 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language |
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On 12/03/13 01:04, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Disclaimer: didn't read through all of it. > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Matthew Garrett > <matthew.garrett@nebula.com> wrote: >> --- a/drivers/scsi/mesh.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/mesh.c >> @@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ static void handle_msgin(struct mesh_state *ms) >> if (tp->sdtr_state != sdtr_sent) { >> /* reply with an SDTR */ >> add_sdtr_msg(ms); >> - /* limit period to at least his value, >> - offset to no more than his */ >> + /* limit period to at least its value, >> + offset to no more than its */ >> if (ms->msgout[3] < ms->msgin[3]) >> ms->msgout[3] = ms->msgin[3]; >> if (ms->msgout[4] > ms->msgin[4]) > > I think both occurrences of "his" should actually be "this". > > BTW, the singular they ("The caller must know what they are doing!") > feels a bit strange to me, but it seems to match the wikipedia article on > singular they. As a non-native English speaker, I was not familiar with it.
I understand, since as a native English speaker I was not familiar with it either, and I still don't like it. ;)
-- ~Randy
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