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>(Preferred pronouns are completely valid in that if someone were to transition to the other gender, let’s respect that. Kitten, though, is no gender) If by "p
by midoridensha 3y ago
>(Preferred pronouns are completely valid in that if someone were to transition to the other gender, let’s respect that. Kitten, though, is no gender)
If by "preferred pronouns", you mean switching from he/him to she/her or vice-versa, that's a different issue altogether: that isn't a language issue at all, because it's not introducing new words or grammar. That's purely a social issue. (Personally I have no problem with it.)
What I'm getting at is people making up countless new "pronouns" that everyone is supposed to magically remember somehow. It defeats the entire point of having pronouns in a language; you might as well just use proper names constantly.
- pezezin 3y agoJapanese is notorious for not having a fixed set of pronouns, and in many cases people just refer to each other (and to themselves) by their proper names.
- midoridensha 3y agoHuh? Japanese certainly does have regular pronouns: "he" is "kare", "she" is "kanojo", "them" is "karera". People refer to themselves as "watashi" (more formal), "boku" (informal, usually men), and "ore" (very informal). People referring to each other with proper names is done with last names, and in formal settings; it's no different than referring to your boss as "Mr. Jones" (though modern Americans just aren't that formal any more, but they were decades ago). I've never heard of anyone in normal speech referring to themselves by their own name.