Middle-schoolers after pronouns are successfully banned once and for all (A conservative utopia)
Middle-schoolers after pronouns are successfully banned once and for all (A conservative utopia)
my/me
hmmm....
pronouns are none, do not refer
31do not refer to me
...And that's what we programmers call a memory leak!
22Also, please do not observe me. Or make any sudden moves in my vicinity. I am feral and have anxiety
21This is like the chicken game, isn't it?
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My native language (Türkish) does not have grammatical gender. Gender in grammar is just silly and useless.
17I need to know which inanimate objects I can fuck without it being gay, constantinoplelu.
9pretty sure it's all gay.
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No. Language needs as many possible structures and rules as well as millions of exceptions and oddities so it is really hard to learn.
7That's part of why I just use They in English for everyone. Less having to learn people's whatever; I don't care. You're cis male he? Don't care, you're a they now. More room left in brain. We can fix this shit right now.
7Based and ottoman-pilled
6average O enjoyer
2I can't agree more
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I do not use pronouns, and I don't think you or they should use them either.
10I, you, they, them
Based
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AceFuzzLord can't wait for the use of all pronouns to be banned and English papers won't be legally allowed to use basic words such as "I", "Me", "You", etcetera. That'll teach the libs!
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8what, which, who, whom, whose, this, that, these, and those, everybody, either, none, and something,
Amongothers. It's ironic conservatives know so little grammar that they can't even add "personal" to before "pronouns" to make it at least slightly more accurate, but no.
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None ate the cabbages. None then went home full and happy.
3You can tell us what you'd like us to call you. That's referred to as your "Name". You can leave the rest of the language alone. You don't get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc. I'll call you Mrs. I'll call you Mr. But the rest, nuh uh.
-57Culture War aside, that's not how language works. You have as much understanding to the history of language as you have basic dignity to other human beings.
24Believe it or not, languages change over time. They grow and adapt to fit their context.
20Leave language alone motherfuckers not speaking in Old English. smh
18Looks like you're getting a lot of people riled up here.
I'm curious about why you find it so objectionable for someone to choose their pronouns but are fine with name changes.
9Because the rules of the English language are the same for everybody. You don't just get to go around telling people they have to use a different ruleset for you or when they are around you. It's pretentious as fuck to expect people to cater their use of the language like that. That's exactly what names are for.
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But... you can change all of those things, adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, you can change all of them by changing your behaviour and characteristics... You can't even get your own stupid arguments to be correct.
8Oh look how smart you are by pointing out that YOU can change those things by acting differently; and the other thing I'm referring to is you forcing OTHERS to act differently. If you're a he, or a she, I'm absolutely fully in support. I am not calling you Xe, or Xir and changing other parts of my language to accommodate you being so insecure that a NAME isn't good enough for you.
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Bold take, here on Lemmy. Let's see how it goes for them
8nuh uh.
Newfangled terminology
Thoughts on prescribing use of the OG word only?
You don't get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc.
True, not in repressive societies. And look, I have limits, I’ll be hard pressed to refer to someone as squirrelkinlifragilisticexpialidocious every time. But you’d made a reasonable accommodation in polite company I figure?
7You don’t get to change your adverbs, participles, adjectives, predicates, etc.
Says who? You? Are you the arbiter of language?
I’ll call you Mrs. I’ll call you Mr. But the rest, nuh uh.
Really? Not even Ms.? Because I imagine a lot of younger women would feel pretty insulted by you calling them Mrs.
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