Quote Originally Posted by Ananisapta View Post
I'm appalled to see the wholesale devastation of my native tongue as the Shadowbringers expansion unfolds. We have a set of clear pronouns, including they, them, and their, all plural. Starting to use them as singular pronouns for reasons unclear is destructive and very disrespectful to English speakers, no matter who does it. It also obscures meaning and arrests the player's attention in ways that will be considered wholly risible as time goes by.

"The King decreed they have earned immediate execution!" is a representative trope. So you tell me, who is they? Are they the King or one of their subjects or all of them? I vote for the fool(s) who made this linguistic blunder. Off with their head(s) forthwith!
If you were as big of an English buff as you’d lead us to believe—complaining about grammatical choices of an English localization—you’d realize that singular “they”, “them”, and “their” are already widely used and widely accepted as grammatically correct.

“Could the individual with the red Ford Taurus parked in the Fire Lane please move their vehicle?”

“We found someone’s pet husky in our yard. Could the owner please call us at the following number? We would like to return him to them.”

“Someone parked their truck right behind of us! They’re completely blocking us in!”

The language wasn’t butchered. And I’d honestly hate to see what you consider disrespectful if you think using these pronouns in a correct, singular manner is disrespectful to English speakers.

Sincerely,
A Native English Speaker