It can make following a story so hard because people with gendered pronouns hang so much of the story on she said that to him and when the pronouns switch mid story even though she is still talking about the same person I am instantly like wow this doesn’t even make sense. How is he now saying stuff to her, I thought he blocked her or something similar.
I also do this from time to time, but I’m Hungarian. Our politicians however will “save” us from the decaying western liberalism, which is more important than schools, heath care, etc.
As a consequence my Taiwanese husband calls his mum “he” and his male friends “she” in English lol
My Chinese wife does this all the time.
It can make following a story so hard because people with gendered pronouns hang so much of the story on she said that to him and when the pronouns switch mid story even though she is still talking about the same person I am instantly like wow this doesn’t even make sense. How is he now saying stuff to her, I thought he blocked her or something similar.
I also do this from time to time, but I’m Hungarian. Our politicians however will “save” us from the decaying western liberalism, which is more important than schools, heath care, etc.
As a Chinese native speaker, I also find myself messing up he and she all the time.