class: title-slide # Hey Guys ## This Conference is for Everybody Adriaan de Groot September 8th, 2019 --- This is a talk about inclusive language. --- This is a talk about making sure that everyone feels included. --- This is a talk about avoiding **accidentally** excluding people through your use of language. --- - Language is a cultural artifact. - Language and culture can change over time. - Some languages have **grammatical** gender. - .. and some don't. Englsh doesn't. --- # Conversational Distance - Also a cultural artifact. - Differences are **fine**. - Getting it wrong is not **bad** .. - .. but let's do **better**. --- # Guys - Has a whole bunch of meanings. - It is **too** much context dependent. - There are plenty of alternative words: - people - folks - everyone - all y'alls - attendees - participants --- # Let's all be better - When you mean *everyone*, please use an appropriate word