I copied the table below from Wikipedia just in case people have no idea what i'm talking about. I personally think it would be interesting to hear people use these pronouns in day to day conversation.
Nominative (subject) | Objective (object) | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive | |
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Invented pronouns | |||||
Ne (pronounced like "me") | Ne laughed | I called nir | Nir eyes gleam | That is nirs | Ne likes nyself |
Spivak (old) | E laughed | I called em | Eir eyes gleam | That is eirs | E likes eirself |
Spivak (new)[20] | Ey laughed | I called em | Eir eyes gleam | That is eirs | Ey likes emself |
Humanist[21] | Hu laughed | I called hum | Hus eyes gleam | That is hus | Hu likes humself |
Hy | Hy laughed | I called hym | Hys eyes gleam | That is hys | Hy likes hymself |
Ot | Ot laughed | I called ot | Ots eyes gleam | That is ots | Ot likes otself |
Yt | Yt laughed | I called yt | Yts eyes gleam | That is yts | Yt likes ytself |
Thon[22] | Thon laughed | I called thon | Thons eyes gleam | That is thons | Thon likes thonself |
Ve[23] | Ve laughed | I called ver | Vis eyes gleam | That is vis | Ve likes verself |
Xe[24] | Xe laughed | I called xem | Xyr eyes gleam | That is xyrs | Xe likes xemself |
Ze (or zie or sie) and zir[25] | Ze laughed | I called zir/zem | Zir/Zes eyes gleam | That is zirs/zes | Ze likes zirself |
Ze (or zie or sie) and hir[26] | Ze laughed | I called hir | Hir eyes gleam | That is hirs | Ze likes hirself |
Ze and mer[27] | Ze laughed | I called mer | Zer eyes gleam | That is zers | Ze likes zemself |
Zhe, Zher, Zhim[28] | Zhe laughed | I called zhim | Zher eyes gleam | That is zhers | Zhe likes zhimself |
En | En laughed | I called en | Ens eyes gleam | That is ens | En likes enself |
Co | Co laughed | I called co | Co's eyes gleam | That is co's | Co likes coself |
Phe | Phe laughed | I called Phe | Phe′s eyes gleam | That is Phe′s | Phe likes Phesself |
Per(son) | Per laughed | I called per | pers eyes gleam | That is pers | Per likes perself |
I just call it, "Kacky."..."Kacky says"....u know, yeah.
ReplyDeleteI go to a college where a lot of people are genderqueer and use "they"/"them" pronouns. I've never heard the other ones though.
ReplyDeleteI prefer Ze/Zir. I really hate they/them for me. It just sounds so weird.
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