• kinsnik@lemmy.world
    71·
    15 days ago

    The only time you would ever need to use someone’s pronouns is when they’re not part of the conversation anyway.

    no? it would be weird to use in a one-on-one conversation, true. but it is fairly common to use the third person pronoun of someone during a group conversation, even while they are there

    • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      15 days ago

      I don’t do this, and growing up was taught that it was rude to refer to someone by anything other than their name in a group conversation.

    • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
      13·
      14 days ago

      it is fairly common to use the third person pronoun of someone during a group conversation, even while they are there

      But is improper to do so. The proper way to refer to a person who is present is by using their name.