Posted on 06/19/2021 7:36:48 AM PDT by Stravinsky
What’s the best way to tell someone your pronouns at work?
-The answer is clear, straightforward, and casual — in the same way you’d share what region or city you live in.
- In-person, share them with your basic intro. “Hey! My name is Lily Zheng. I use they/them pronouns, and I’m a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategist living on Muwekma Ohlone land in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
- Online, including in email signatures, you can include your pronouns (typically in the format of “X/X” or “X/X/X” (e.g. “she/her” or “she/her/hers”).
- When it comes to asking someone their pronouns, it can get more complicated, as most people don’t ask everyone their pronouns — most people only tend to ask visibly transgender or gender-nonconforming people.
- The advice here is to focus instead on always introducing yourself with your pronouns. If the individual you meet feels comfortable doing so, they may share their pronouns with you.
- For all people who have not shared their pronouns with you, commit to using singular “they” until you learn their pronouns.
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If people share that they use multiple sets of pronouns, make your best efforts to use the different sets they’ve shared. If you feel comfortable, you can ask them whether they prefer others using different pronouns within the same conversation (e.g. “I was talking to her the other day. They told me…”) or changing pronoun sets across different conversations (e.g. Conversation 1: “I was talking to her the other day. She told me…”; Conversation 2: “They mentioned that to me before! They were saying…”).
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This preferred pronoun thing is old stuff to me. Since I was about 10 years old, I have used various forms of “Your Imperial Majesty”. It was something I insisted on.
So when the teacher asked everyone to pass their homework forward: “Alice, pass your paper to His Imperial Majesty. Your Imperial Majesty, please put the papers on my desk.”
How about, we just use language in the way it evolved, and forget about trying to control people’s thoughts. If you are a woman, she/her/hers is appropriate. If you are a man, he/him/his is appropriate. This concept of “I’ll identify as something that I’m not and expect other people to go along with my fantasy” is hooey.
This is straight out of 1984. The problem is that the left mistook this book as an instruction manual, not as the cautionary tale that the author intended.
I’m such a card, and a punster that...
He he
For those that don’t get it:
Hmmmmm
And the possessive for those who get it but don’t like it:
Hissssss
They: “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
Another of Satan’s work.
Excellent!
I am ever so happy that I am retired and only have people asking ME for money/advice. As such I am able to tell these special people like this to take themselves elsewhere, RAPIDLY!
Oh?
I went to Jefferson Davis Jr. Hi...
My pronouns are he/she and that as in “WTF is that”.
I heard of a college student who had chosen “his highness”.
Anyone doing this really identifies as “me, me, me.”
They are demanding that other people play along with their exhibitionism.
I have a simple solution to this problem. My declared pronoun is “It.” It (he) says it’s gonna rain. It (I) went to the store today to buy groceries.
See how easy this is?
“Hi, my name is Eric and I say F you and your pronouns so don’t even think of trying to get me to say that crap”
Proud Red-blooded American male.
LOL! Great idea! LOL LOL! “My pronouns are “Your Majesty” “Your Highness” “Your Royal Highness” “The Royal Presence” and please curtsy before speaking to me like this video instructs”......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqlyRZ861U
That may be your pronoun, i.e. the one you use for yourself, but do not presume to tell me which pronouns I must use to describe you. I will use the proper one which conforms to your actual sex.
I have to say that I’m quite offended that she’s culturally appropriating my maleness.
Just confuse them by asking them to define the word “pronoun”.
I tell such idiots I don’t use pronouns, I use amateur nouns.
No one chooses their own pronouns. Pronouns are used to identify someone to others not the person. If someone is within earshot of the conversation, ettiquette says to use their name. When identifying with a pronoun, the identity must be clear to the recipient. They is never acceptable for a single person. Dumbass can and should be used in its place
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