Language is a central part of cultural identity and tradition. However, it does evolve over time.
I have a habit of saying “guys.” Hey guys! Bye guys! Thanks guys! It’s so embedded into my day-to-day vocabulary that I hardly even know when it started, or, how to stop it. The word guys has evolved in the colloquial term from once being used to address men to now being used as a general gathering of people—no matter their gender. What bothers me is that there are plenty of these “masculine” leaning, turned plural terms and none that have originated from the “feminine”collective .
ADVERTISEMENT For the last twelve months, including two general elections and leader of the socialist party Pedro Sánchez being elected as prime minister of Spain, the Royal Spanish Academy has had a pending report to alter the 1978 constitution to include inclusive gender pronouns, sent in by deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo.
We’re not all speaking the same English that Shakespeare spoke, or even using all the terms our parents used in their 20s. Most of the time, the shifting of language happens gradually, within certain subcultures and generations and eventually becoming more mainstream, like lit, bae, selfie. At the end of each year, The Oxford Dictionary releases the word that best sums up the previous 365 days.
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