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The author calls himself male https://www.blogger.com/profile/17977561124307072281 https://www.blogger.com/profile/17977561124307072281 Why that made up pronou

• scotty79 2y ago
  ... and in the context where gender non-indicative well established word 'they' would suffice. I can see why commenter wouldn't call author 'him'. Why would anyone bother to track authors gender if it's irrelevant for the topic?
• Ukv 2y ago
  > Why that made up pronoun? Pedantically, all words are made up. I'd assume GP is using it because they see utility in a unambiguously-singular gender-nonspecific pronoun, opposed to the more widespread but somewhat ambiguous singular "they".
  • master-lincoln 2y ago
    Yeah I also realized my wording probably wasn't right. I meant to say words not known by most of the English speakers which can also not be found in the big dictionaries (to be fair Oxford had it, but Merriam webster didn't). Especially when there is an established gender neutral pronoun: they
• internetthought 2y ago
  The pronouns people use for me can be independent of what I call myself