Posted on 08/14/2023 11:44:17 AM PDT by artichokegrower
He’s my boss; her dog is cute; they have an exam today — pronouns are a part of speech we use to refer to ourselves and others. They’re an essential component of language — and, as of the last few years, among its most hotly contested, too.
Some of the most common words in the English language have gender markers, including pronouns. But not all of them are binary. Consider the singular “they,” preferred by some nonbinary and trans people for whom gendered pronouns do not fit.
And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. Neopronouns include terms like “xe” and “em,” and some of them even date back several centuries, when they were introduced by writers as a solution for referring to subjects without assuming gender. Now, they’re also commonly used by nonbinary and trans people.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The media have decided to refer to these trans people, by the sex they claim to identify as, not the sex they actually are.
With regards to these loons, my pronouns are Master/Commander/GFY.
This is why I study Spanish. In Spanish all nouns have gender, masculine or feminine. All Spanish nouns are singular or plural. Adjectives agree with the noun in gender and number. That is all that you need to know.
I know I will have to go to reeducation camp someday.
There have been over 50 gender identities discovered so far. I only know a handful. I know about male, female, homosexuals of either sex, and then after that, I’m lost.
So I will have to be reeducated or worse.
All you need to know is that kitties are girls and doggies are boys ...
No language can function with a potentially infinite number of pronouns. There is already something that can theoretically be different for each person: the name.
Names work, because we need to know only the names of people we know and deal with. And that is a finite number.
Mandating an infinite number of pronouns is madness, and makes the language unlearnable. Plus it makes it certain that everyone will not get the “new pronouns” right. That will allow the fascists to swoop down and neutralize the dissenters who won’t use the “new pronouns.”
Save me a piece of moldy bread when I get to the gulag.
No.
If anyone brings up pronouns the correct response is "shoo crazy person. Shoo!"
For example, and picking a fictional name at random, Miss Rapinoe has two X sex chromosomes, therefore SHE is a female because HER genome says so.
If someone were to ask me my "pronouns", I would reply with my chromosomes are one X and one Y. My pronouns follow accordingly.
Will I be cancelled if I mispronounce those as "fake/faker"?
“Fa” & “Q”
So "Fae told me that faer best friend is in town this week." could make some sense. Except I'd have to correct it to "Fae's told me that Fae's best friend is in town this week."
This horseshit is IMPOSSIBLE to teach. There is no way any school can teach this crap and expect kids to learn it. If any public school attempts to teach it, you better get your kid out ASAP (if your kid is in any public school). There was an earlier article a few days about about the Austin, TX public school district. Somebody claimed their enrollment is down 80% (I find it hard to believe it has collapsed that far). If this crap creeps into any leftist English curriculum, then that is grounds to shut the damh school down.
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The only pronouns I’ll ever use are...him...her...it.
“Consider the singular “they,”
THEY IS PLURAL...
Sure they do. It’s a poisonous echo chamber and soon enough these people will dominate the voter rolls. I’m hoping not to see those days. This is chaotic and self destructive enough.
This pronoun BS is an attempt to steal our education.
Having learned how to communicate relationships between individual entities, we must defend against the commies who want to invalidate our method, thusly stealing our education.
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