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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 “[[sexist language|him]]s” and “[[sexist language|her]]s” [[unless the context requires otherwise|where the context does not require otherwise]]. Being a fellow, when in doubt — which is most of the time — I err in favour of “she” because that makes me think a bit harder about what I’m writing. The challenge with doing that when writing satire, of course, is that it may be mistaken for some kind of political statement: why am I always mocking women? For whatever the opinion of an aging man is worth these days, it isn’t meant to be. In any case I can’t be arsed with xes, hyms, hyrs or whatever else is presently in vogue — and nor a political statement other than one on behalf of the impatient party — 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>
+So, without having the patience to be scientific or methodical about it, the [[JC]] has tried to randomise his use of “[[sexist language|him]]s” and “[[sexist language|her]]s” [[unless the context requires otherwise|where the context does not require otherwise]]. By the way the [[JC]] himself, is a him, and that’s just that. Being a fellow, when speaking in the abstract about individual randoms, he errs in favour of “she” because that makes him think a bit harder about what he’s writing.
+The challenge with doing that when writing satire, of course, is that it may be mistaken for some kind of political statement: why is the [[JC]] always mocking ''women''? Be assured, he does not mean to. For whatever the opinion of an aging man is worth these days, it isn’t meant to be. In any case, he can’t be arsed with xes, hyms, hyrs or whatever else is presently in vogue — and nor is that a political statement other than one on behalf of the impatient party — and, frankly, he will go to the wall before (deliberately!) using “they” to describe any single individual, natural or [[Legal personality|corporate]].<ref>Here, he departs from [[Lord Justice Waller]].</ref>
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