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#61 [en] neopronouns

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header: 'Are you sure?'
yes: 'Yes, I''m sure'
no: 'No, cancel'
table:
scrollUp: 'Scroll to the top'

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name pronouns description
Normative forms he,she It's worth mentioning that pronouns ≠ gender. One can still be nonbinary while using pronouns that are congruent with (or opposite to) their gender assigned at birth.
Normative-ish forms they,it,one Those pronouns have been in common use in normative English already, but recently they got a slightly different new usage: describing a single, specific person.
Neopronouns e Unlike the other pronouns, which are officially recognised as “grammatically correct”, albeit used in a different meaning than we're used to, neopronouns are novel. Not being included in dictionaries doesn't make them any worse, though!
Neopronouns e,ae,thon,co,ve,vi,xe,ey,per,hu,e/em/eir,ze,fae Unlike the other pronouns, which are officially recognised as “grammatically correct”, albeit used in a different meaning than we're used to, neopronouns are novel. Not being included in dictionaries doesn't make them any worse, though!

1 name pronouns description
2 Normative forms he,she It's worth mentioning that pronouns ≠ gender. One can still be nonbinary while using pronouns that are congruent with (or opposite to) their gender assigned at birth.
3 Normative-ish forms they,it,one Those pronouns have been in common use in normative English already, but recently they got a slightly different new usage: describing a single, specific person.
4 Neopronouns e e,ae,thon,co,ve,vi,xe,ey,per,hu,e/em/eir,ze,fae Unlike the other pronouns, which are officially recognised as “grammatically correct”, albeit used in a different meaning than we're used to, neopronouns are novel. Not being included in dictionaries doesn't make them any worse, though!

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@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ key description normative pronoun_subject pronoun_object possessive_determiner p
he,he/him Masculine TRUE he him his his himself FALSE FALSE
she,she/her Feminine TRUE she her her hers herself FALSE FALSE
they,they/them Singular “they” TRUE they them their theirs themselves TRUE TRUE Singular “they” has been used in English to describe an unspecified person since the late 1300s (it's even older than singular “you”!). Nowadays, it's the most popular choice among people who prefer gender neutral forms. It starts being {https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they=accepted by dictionaries} too.
it,it/it,it/its Personal “it” TRUE it it its its itself FALSE FALSE Although “it” is normally used for objects, not people, some actually do like being called that way. If someone wants you to call it “it”, it's not offensive – it's actually respectful.
one,one/one,one/one's Specific “one” TRUE one one one's one's oneself FALSE FALSE “One” is used in formal English when talking about a general or a hypothetical person. Recently people started using “one” also as their personal pronoun.
e,e/em Neopronoun “e” FALSE e em es ems emself FALSE FALSE TODO
it,it/its Personal “it” TRUE it it its its itself FALSE FALSE Although “it” is normally used for objects, not people, some actually do like being called that way. If someone wants you to call it “it”, it's not offensive – it's actually respectful.
one,one/one's Specific “one” TRUE one one one's one's oneself FALSE FALSE “One” is used in formal English when talking about a general or a hypothetical person. Recently people started using “one” also as their personal pronoun.
e,e/em Neopronoun “e” FALSE e em es ems emself FALSE FALSE First created in 1890 by James Rogers based on {/he=he} and {/them=them} pronoun sets. Since then multiple versions were created, differing in declension and capitalisation.
ae,ae/aer Neopronoun “ae” / “æ” FALSE ae aer aer aers aerself FALSE FALSE Created by David Lindsay for a 1920 novel <em>A Voyage to Arcturus</em>, where it's used by an alien, third-sex species.
thon,thon/thons Neopronoun “thon” FALSE thon thon thons thon's thonself FALSE FALSE Created by Charles Crozat Converse in 1858, thon/thons/thonself is one of the first known examples of creating a gender neutral pronoun. “Thon” is a contraction of “that one”.
co,co/cos Neopronoun “co” FALSE co co cos co's coself FALSE FALSE Created by Mary Orovan in 1970, derived from the Indo-European _*ko_.
ve,ve/ver Neopronoun “ve” FALSE ve ver vis vers verself FALSE FALSE Used eg. by Greg Egan in <em>Distress</em> (1995) and <em>Diaspora</em> (1998), and by Keri Hulme in <em>The Bone People</em> (1984).
vi,vi/vir Neopronoun “vi” FALSE vi vir vis virs virself FALSE FALSE Used eg. by Greg Egan in <em>Distress</em> (1995) and <em>Diaspora</em> (1998), and by Keri Hulme in <em>The Bone People</em> (1984).
xe,xe/xem Neopronoun “xe” FALSE xe xem xyr xyrs xyrself FALSE FALSE Coined by Don Rickter in an issue of <em>Unitarian Universalist</em> in 1973.
ey,ey/em Elverson pronouns FALSE ey em eir eirs emselves TRUE TRUE Coined by Christine M. Elverson in 1975 for a contest to create an alternative to the singular {/they=they}. Those forms are created by dropping “th” from “they”.
per,per/per Person pronouns FALSE per per per pers perself FALSE FALSE Coined by John Clark in an issue of the <em>Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association</em> in 1972, derived from the word “person”.
hu,hu/hum Humanist pronouns FALSE hu hum hus hus huself FALSE FALSE Coined by Sasha Newborn in 1982, based on the word “human”.
e/em/eir Spivak pronouns FALSE e em eir eirs emself FALSE FALSE Coined by Michael Spivak in 1990 for his manual <em>The Joy of TeX</em> to avoid gendering people in the examples.
ze,ze/zir Neopronoun “ze” FALSE ze zir zir zirs zirself FALSE FALSE Based on the German plural 3rd person pronoun <em>sie</em>.
fae,fae/faer Neopronoun “fae” FALSE fae faer faer faers faerself FALSE FALSE Created in 2014 by Tumblr user shadaras.

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