Lennard (on left) and Lazarus (on right) in our brave new woke world ... Lennard "they wouldn't do that if they were them, they know." Lazarus "they will do what they damn well like. What's that to them?" Lennard "No point getting cross with them. they are just telling them." aibot Maria (in the kitchen, but listening), to herself: "those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first turn mad ... "we live in interesting times ..." ========================================== Extracts from the New Language Rules: "The words 'man' and 'woman' are no longer to be used, nor 'male' and 'female'. The correct descriptions to be applied to human and animal characters are now 'seeder' and 'bearer', which reflect the purpose of any distinction due to the biological construction of the character body. Signs on public buildings, such as toilets and changing rooms, will now bear the descriptions 'Bearers' and 'Seeders'. No other descriptions are permitted. Access to public facilities will be by such designation, not by whim or personal choice. All pronouns other than the neutral series (they, them etc) are considered superfluous and therefore no longer to be used. "They" with a capital 'T' shall refer, as has been common in the past, to the Government. All other forms of 'they' will be written with a small 't', even at the start of a sentence. As context and grammar requires: The subject forms i, you, he, she, it, we all become 'they' The object forms me, you, him, her, it, us all become 'them' The possessive forms my, your, his, her, our all become 'their' The forms mine, yours, his, hers, ours all become 'theirs' verbs will now have one simple form, the -s ending now being unnecessary. The phrase 'this person' is permitted when addressing a human and referring to a speaker or the person spoken to. 'Person' is no longer to be considered a derogatory term. Personal names are permitted in legal documents to clarify any terms that might possibly be considered to obscure the meaning of the text in any document. Queries citizens may wish to raise shall be submitted to Them at the Ministry of Language and Literature Reformation. They would also like to point out that the term 'woke', used in the past primarily for abuse, is abolished and will be removed from all dictionaries, in addition to those words listed here as unnecessary. In conclusion, may they all have a happy day.