Showing posts with label My Fair Lady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Fair Lady. Show all posts

Saturday, November 11, 2017

The Triumph of Zir, Zer, and other Martian-talk

I am actually much more disturbed my MTA's decision to use gender-neutral words to refer to the passengers than perhaps I should be. Not only do I protest the Orwellian degradation of the English language in favor of the triumph of intersectionalist absurdity, but I find the concept of people not being referred to as "ladies and gentlement" dehumanizing.

To quote an immortal classic:

"Mrs. Higgins: However did you learn good manners with my son around?
Eliza Doolittle: It was very difficult. I should never have known how ladies and gentlemen really behaved, if it hadn't been for Colnel Pickering. He always showed what he thought and felt about me as if I were something better than a common flower girl. You see, Mrs. Higgins, apart from the things one can pick up, the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me like a common flower girl, and always will. But I know that I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering, because he always treats me like a lady, and always will. " - My Fair Lady

I want to be treated as a lady, not as a gender-neutral pronoun with no inherent characteristics, personality, or Godly spark.