Why doesn't Thailand do this? Digital nomad VISA

[christianpfc]

Thailand loses out on a lot of people because she doesn't have a suitable visa.

I object to this pronoun in more ways than one.

Back to the thread!

Quick search on the internet shows that countries can be referred to by feminine or neutral pronouns:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-we-know...ame-repeatedly

Except we forget that the English language, which dumped most of this gender-ization process nine or ten centuries ago, still retains a special case — which, notably, to most English speakers is optional. It is held onto by traditionalists and specialists. The rule is that “she” can optionally apply to:

a ship at sea
another kind of vessel, such as a train (rarer)
a country or a continent

Again, note the “optional” nature of this oddity in the English language. If I call I ship an “it,” few people are going to conclude I don’t speak correct English. However, if I’m talking to an “old salt” or someone who’s spent their life in he Navy or around boats, then yeah, they actually will care and they will correct me.

I am sure one of the mods can make that small correction.

Yes. Done.

And I'm also sure some old retired folks can find something better to do with their time then get all worked up because a blind guy made a typo on the internet.

There we go again (Hitler/Gitler). I have been touch-typing for 22 years, and (not at the same time) could touch-type in Dvorak, QUERTY, Cyrillic and Thai, and am dabbling with DaYi graphic input for Chinese, but it is unfathomable to me how you can confuse l and d.

[vnman]

Quick search on the internet shows that countries can be referred to by feminine or neutral pronouns:

True, but since it's optional, I rather not link Thailand to anything female.


One of the weirdest demands for Digital Nomads is that they have to be well educated. Like one would need a university degree to run a YouTube channel or make money dropshipping.