From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755178Ab3LJIXe (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:23:34 -0500 Received: from smtp-out003.kontent.com ([81.88.40.217]:44196 "EHLO smtp-out003.kontent.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755167Ab3LJIX1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:23:27 -0500 Message-ID: <1386662211.25604.6.camel@linux-fkkt.site> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language From: Oliver Neukum To: Matthew Garrett Cc: "pavel@ucw.cz" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <1386616168.20263.1.camel@x230> References: <1386033532-25431-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett@nebula.com> <20131205104808.GA6455@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <1386261314.14035.8.camel@x230> <20131208123848.GC14108@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <1386616168.20263.1.camel@x230> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:56:51 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:09 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Acceptable but increasingly socially frowned upon. Of the set you > commented on, one was unclear as a result of the transition. I've > examined the rest and am fairly happy with their clarity, but, well, > that's the point of review. I would suggest that for reviews of understandability being a native speaker of English is a problem. You underestimate the problem by necessity and are unaware of special pitfalls. Especially in the areas where the English language is fairly unusual. Regards Oliver