Microsoft is NOT forcing gender neutral pronouns on customers. It’s a CHOICEĪll Microsoft will do is offer a CHOICE that people can include, or not, in their own contact details as they appear on profile cards in Outlook and Teams. As Office nerds we’re focused on what Microsoft services can do, not making judgements about their place in society. A Twitter mention of this article received a two-word rude response less than an hour after posting. The people who don’t like these new pronouns don’t have to use them.Īlas, the pronoun issue gets some people very angry. But it’s a harmless choice that a few people make and respecting their choice is simple politeness. Opinion: Gender neutral pronouns sound strange to this humble but aging correspondent. These days some people prefer to be mentioned with gender neutral pronouns such as ‘they’ and ‘them’ instead of ‘he/him’ or ‘she/her’. Pronouns are a standard part of English in words such as I, me, him, her etc. Before some blood pressure levels rise to dangerous levels, Office Watch will explain what’s happening. People will be able to let others know how they like to be addressed: she/her, her/him, they/them or other choices. In a move sure to anger some folks, Microsoft is adding pronoun choices to contacts details on profile cards.
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