OT: Where can I meet a female companion with similar interests and personality /in person/?

Brolin Empey brolin at brolin.be
Fri Jan 15 01:22:57 CET 2010


Fabian Schölzel wrote:
> On Thursday 14. January 2010 22:15:16, Brolin Empey Empey wrote:
>> I agree with you, Fabian.  However, I think you should use “he or she”
>> instead of using masculine pronouns as if they were sex/gender-neutral.
>
> I had a bad feeling when writing this. :) My mother tongue is german, so i
> think this is translated badly. In Germany, we have a phrase "Jeder wie er
> mag.", wich would be "Everybody how he likes." in word-for-word translation.
> Would "One should do as one likes." be better?

Yes, or “One should do as he or she likes.”.



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