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<H1>My pronouns and my opinions on pronouns</H1>
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<H3>updated 2020-10-23</H3>
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My pronouns are <CODE>they/them</CODE>.
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That means when referring to me you would (for example) say "<B>They</B> are Deven."
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I'm a singular person and choose to use they/them pronouns mostly for pedantic reasons;
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my "gender" (assuming such a thing exists) is my business alone and I see no reason to involve the public in that.
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Maybe if I become more comfortable with myself that will change.
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2020-10-23 20:57:52 -06:00
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This might come as a surprise to people.
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Most people I know get my pronouns wrong.
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Nobody really asked me...
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I'm cool with reaping the privilege that comes with being (perceived as) a male and currently fill out government forms so though I'm not one.
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2020-10-23 20:28:25 -06:00
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In general when it comes to pronouns I really agree with
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<A href="https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html">
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Richard Stallman's article on genderless pronouns in English
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<A href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201015032310/https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html">
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stands today
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</A>, <I>except</I> when it comes to "they" violating English grammar.
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I find "they" and "them" to fit very well into English when used as singular pronouns
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and when I need to refer to a thing between individuals and groups of people I just use
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the proper noun.
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I, too, will respect plural people whether this plurality is due to internal or external causes,
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and I also will respect "xenogendered pronouns" (being gendered pronouns that are outside of
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the set of "traditional pronouns" that is I/you/we/he/she/they/etc) but please just let me use
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they/them because I can barely remember names.
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