Given one of the Pert Tickler Cases in question, amongst the ways one might be supposed to know is if you've spent a reasonable amount of time with that person already and been surrounded by people using the appropriate labels/pronouns. Your peer group's choice of language is like a gentle cluestick.
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Date: 2008-09-03 04:34 pm (UTC)Given one of the Pert Tickler Cases in question, amongst the ways one might be supposed to know is if you've spent a reasonable amount of time with that person already and been surrounded by people using the appropriate labels/pronouns. Your peer group's choice of language is like a gentle cluestick.