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Have you ever met a single person who requested anything other than "he", "she", or "they"? Those aren't "custom pronouns". Are you pushing back against a real

Have you ever met a single person who requested anything other than "he", "she", or "they"? Those aren't "custom pronouns". Are you pushing back against a real phenomena?

Pfhreak 7y ago
Once or twice. But everyone I've met who prefers Xe/Xir/Xirs will often append that with, "Or she/he/they. Fuck it, they're all wrong, use whatever makes you happy."
loeg 7y ago
Yes, there are real people asking for use of novel pronouns like "xe," "sir," "hir," etc, etc, etc.
- dwaltrip 7y ago
  I know they exist. But how common is this? Is it actually worth spending any mental energy "worrying" about?
  - loeg 7y ago
    It's uncommon. I'm not especially worried about it myself.
  - apta 7y ago
    That's what they want you to do, because they think they're special somehow. Best is just ignore, and hopefully their house of cards will collapse at some point by their own doing.
drdaeman 7y ago
I've seen a few and that wasn't even online but in a meatspace, at a software conference. A few persons had bagdes with pronouns other than "he/she/they". Suppose that was a request of sorts. Although I haven't really talked to... err... such people ("them"? "xzem?" "xirzey'm?" what I'm supposed to use for "xe" and "ze" as a generalized group?), only saw that *ey (okay, does it work?) exist, so can't really tell more.
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oh_sigh 7y ago
They is pretty novel. Yes, singular they has existed for a long time, but when was the first time anyone ever demanded that their only pronoun be "they"? I suspect only within the past 10 years or so.
- dwaltrip 7y ago
  That may be so, but it is a word that everyone already knows, so it seems within reason and shouldn't be hard to use in practice.
  - akvadrako 7y ago
    Singular they for a known person is the most confusing in practice. When I hear it I always think the speaker is referring to multiple people.
odkamkfn 7y ago
I haven't even met anyone requesting "he", "she" or "they" in real life. And if I do, I'll probably just disengage and walk away.

Have you ever met a single person who requested anything other than "he", "she", or "they"? Those aren't "custom pronouns". Are you pushing back against a real phenomena?

Pfhreak 7y ago

Once or twice. But everyone I've met who prefers Xe/Xir/Xirs will often append that with, "Or she/he/they. Fuck it, they're all wrong, use whatever makes you happy."

loeg 7y ago

Yes, there are real people asking for use of novel pronouns like "xe," "sir," "hir," etc, etc, etc.

dwaltrip 7y ago
I know they exist. But how common is this? Is it actually worth spending any mental energy "worrying" about?
- loeg 7y ago
  It's uncommon. I'm not especially worried about it myself.
- apta 7y ago
  That's what they want you to do, because they think they're special somehow. Best is just ignore, and hopefully their house of cards will collapse at some point by their own doing.

drdaeman 7y ago

I've seen a few and that wasn't even online but in a meatspace, at a software conference. A few persons had bagdes with pronouns other than "he/she/they". Suppose that was a request of sorts. Although I haven't really talked to... err... such people ("them"? "xzem?" "xirzey'm?" what I'm supposed to use for "xe" and "ze" as a generalized group?), only saw that *ey (okay, does it work?) exist, so can't really tell more.

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oh_sigh 7y ago

They is pretty novel. Yes, singular they has existed for a long time, but when was the first time anyone ever demanded that their only pronoun be "they"? I suspect only within the past 10 years or so.

dwaltrip 7y ago
That may be so, but it is a word that everyone already knows, so it seems within reason and shouldn't be hard to use in practice.
- akvadrako 7y ago
  Singular they for a known person is the most confusing in practice. When I hear it I always think the speaker is referring to multiple people.

odkamkfn 7y ago

I haven't even met anyone requesting "he", "she" or "they" in real life. And if I do, I'll probably just disengage and walk away.