02/02/09 [DMFA #967] - Glowy Rat

[Tapewolf]

Does that mean Fi's a male?  I mean, I always suspected but I thought Fi wasn't supposed to have a sex....

AFAIK, Amber always refers to Fi as 'it'.

[Tiger_T]

One could start referring to Fi as 'they'

[Koben]

So now that the rant is no longer available, how about someone answering what that shirt is referencing?

[Pagan]

One could start referring to Fi as 'they'

But "They" is not a singular pronoun. "They" is gender neutral, but it is plural. Thus, referring to Fi as "They" is grammatically incorrect. So use "Him" as his personality seems to lean towards male, or use "It," which is gender neutral and singular.

That and Amber has apparently referred to Fi as "It," which is about as canon as you'll get.

[AmigaDragon]

You could conceivably call Fi "they" if it had a multiple personality disorder.

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[Jairus]

You could conceivably call Fi "they" if it had a multiple personality disorder.

We are the Fi. Lower your mind shields and surrender your forms. We will add your magical and biological distinctiveness to our own. Your existence will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

Wow, who knew that cute could be so dangerous?

[Emerauld Drathmir]

We are the Fi. Lower your mind shields and surrender your forms. We will add your magical and biological distinctiveness to our own. Your existence will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

Wow, who knew that cute could be so dangerous?

OMFG  You have just given me an insanely crazy idea!

*wanders off to get out the sketchbook*

[Tiger_T]

Well, I have heard on different occasions, that " If neither 'He' nor 'She' ca be determined - and 'It' would be depreciative; 'They' is the way to go." in english.

So that's what I would use.
That or I'd just say 'Fi' instead. *shrugs*

Anyway:
Apparently Amber thinks 'It' is good enough, so...

[Koben]

So uhm, seriously, what's the shirt referencing?

[Tezkat]

But "They" is not a singular pronoun. "They" is gender neutral, but it is plural. Thus, referring to Fi as "They" is grammatically incorrect.

"They" has been in use as a singular pronoun for more than a century. Thanks to all that political correctness stuff in the past decade or two, it's become the preferred gender neutral pronoun--both singular and plural.

Please update your grammar for the 21st century.

[techmaster-glitch]

So uhm, seriously, what's the shirt referencing?

Some other webcomic, I'm not entirely sure what one though.

[Tiger_T]

I'm pretty sure it's this one:
http://www.foxytangerine.com/florida/