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"third person preferred: indicates that the speaker prefers to be talked to in the third person." Doesn't seem to exist, from Googling. I don't understand the concept anyway. Does it mean you would have to say "they" instead of "you", to the person's face, like "how are they today, Bob?" — Might exist as an abbrev for "third person pronoun" in grammar though. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:7D11:FDAF:E251:2C46 16:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- I think it means Bob wants you to say to him "How's Bob?" instead of "How are you?" ?--Justin the Just (talk) 18:18, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Also '3rd person plural' is what I expected to see. --Justin the Just (talk) 18:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Update: If you google for "3PP" and "third person preferred", you find (only!) the home page of one particular person who seems to have coined the phrase (and has some really bizarre preferences in how they are addressed). So a clear protologism I think. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:2138:4E06:355:268E 09:33, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Doesn't feel self-promotional to me. Even if I can't find anything that's unambiguously this sense. CitationsFreak (talk) 01:40, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
RFV-failed, I looked too and came up with the same results as Equinox This, that and the other (talk) 09:49, 10 February 2025 (UTC)