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by uiri 1241 days ago
Have you considered that someone who chooses "it/its" as its pronouns is intentionally trying to break the English language with said choice? In this case, it is Swiss, and therefore it is likely not a native English speaker which could be a factor as well.
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German has similar singular pronouns to English, with "he", "she" and it corresponding directly to "er", "sie" und "es".

(Not trying to make any point here, just thought it might be useful for context.)

Swiss though, so the evil twin of German :P
Possibly, but that just makes me more interested in simply ignoring her wishes.