language mini-rant
Oct. 3rd, 2007 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkWhen did 'they' decide that "persons" was a better word than "people" (as in "the team is 52 persons")? It grates, it does. It showed up about the same time as 'inclusive language', but honestly, how much more inclusive can you get than "people"? It's a horribly pretentious and clunky construction, reminiscent of the Victorian use of "limbs". grrr.
