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 And nor, these days, does that remotely capture the possible universe of alternatives. While the [[JC]] has no wish to get offside with any factions in the presently raging gender wars — we have [[Hary poter|J.K. Rowling and her ingrate actor friends]] for that — he does not propose to even try to accommodate emerging non-binary formulations.
-So, without having the patience to be scientific or methodical about it, I have tried to randomise my use of “[[him]]s” and “[[her]]s” [[unless the context requires otherwise|where the context does not require otherwise]], but I can’t be arsed with xes, hyms, hyrs or whatever else is presently in vogue, and frankly I will go to the wall before (deliberately!) using “they” to describe any single individual.
+So, without having the patience to be scientific or methodical about it, I have tried to randomise my “[[chauvinist language|him]]s” and “[[chauvinist language|her]]s” [[unless the context requires otherwise|where the context does not require otherwise]], but I can’t be arsed with xes, hyms, hyrs or whatever else is presently in vogue and, frankly, I will go to the wall before (deliberately!) using “they” to describe any single individual, natural or [[Legal personality|corporate]].<ref>Here, I depart from [[Lord Justice Waller]].</ref>
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