A guide to neopronouns, from ae to ze

[Boiler 45,661]

https://www.cnn.com/us/neopronouns-explained-xe-xyr-wellness-cec/index.html

 

The most common third-person pronouns include “she,” “he” and “they.” While “she” and “he” are typically used as gendered pronouns to refer to a woman and a man respectively, “they” can be used as a gender-neutral descriptor for an individual person or a group of people. Celebrities like Janelle Monáe, Emma Corrin and Jonathan Van Ness have each said “they” is a pronoun that works for them.

Neopronouns, meanwhile, are less commonly used than those three familiar pronouns. They’re often used by nonbinary, transgender and gender nonconforming people because they offer more freedom of identity. In his book “What’s Your Pronoun?” Baron wrote that neopronouns “expand the ways that people are able to indicate their gender identity to encompass anyone who is trans or nonbinary, as well as those who choose an altogether different term to characterize their gender.”

Per the LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign, neopronouns are a “step towards a society where people can more fully express all parts of themselves.”

 

Here are a few relatively common neopronouns, and how to use them, from the Human Rights Campaign. Note: Some of these pronouns may be pronounced differently based on their user.

xe/xyr (commonly pronounced zee/zeer)

I asked xyr to come to the movies. Xe said yes!

ze/zir or ze/hir (commonly pronounced zee/zeer or zee/heer)

The teacher graded zir paper today, and ze got an A!

Ze said hirself that I’m hir favorite neighbor.

fae/faer (commonly pronounced fay/fair) 

Fae told me that faer best friend is in town this week.

ey/em/eir  (commonly pronounced aye/em/air)

I’m taking em to the park today. Ey wants to bring eir camera to capture the garden for emself!

ae/aer (commonly pronounced aye/air)

Ae is my best friend — most of aer’s weekday evenings are spent at my house.

 

Please study the article, there will be a test.

[TBoneTX 45,498]

Just now, Boiler said:

Please study the article, there will be a test.

[Cue sound of ear-splitting community raspberry]

[Ban Hammer 13,400]

14 hours ago, Boiler said:

https://www.cnn.com/us/neopronouns-explained-xe-xyr-wellness-cec/index.html

 

The most common third-person pronouns include “she,” “he” and “they.” While “she” and “he” are typically used as gendered pronouns to refer to a woman and a man respectively, “they” can be used as a gender-neutral descriptor for an individual person or a group of people. Celebrities like Janelle Monáe, Emma Corrin and Jonathan Van Ness have each said “they” is a pronoun that works for them.

Neopronouns, meanwhile, are less commonly used than those three familiar pronouns. They’re often used by nonbinary, transgender and gender nonconforming people because they offer more freedom of identity. In his book “What’s Your Pronoun?” Baron wrote that neopronouns “expand the ways that people are able to indicate their gender identity to encompass anyone who is trans or nonbinary, as well as those who choose an altogether different term to characterize their gender.”

Per the LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign, neopronouns are a “step towards a society where people can more fully express all parts of themselves.”

 

Here are a few relatively common neopronouns, and how to use them, from the Human Rights Campaign. Note: Some of these pronouns may be pronounced differently based on their user.

xe/xyr (commonly pronounced zee/zeer)

I asked xyr to come to the movies. Xe said yes!

ze/zir or ze/hir (commonly pronounced zee/zeer or zee/heer)

The teacher graded zir paper today, and ze got an A!

Ze said hirself that I’m hir favorite neighbor.

fae/faer (commonly pronounced fay/fair) 

Fae told me that faer best friend is in town this week.

ey/em/eir  (commonly pronounced aye/em/air)

I’m taking em to the park today. Ey wants to bring eir camera to capture the garden for emself!

ae/aer (commonly pronounced aye/air)

Ae is my best friend — most of aer’s weekday evenings are spent at my house.

 

Please study the article, there will be a test.

it seems these were made up by people who couldn't pass an english test.
ze and zir sound like something i'd hear with a german accent.

[TBoneTX 45,498]

10 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

it seems these were made up by people who couldn't pass an english test.
ze and zir sound like something i'd hear with a german accent.

And, sadly, these very well be study-material at innumerable colleges/universities.  Maybe even hyskools.

[Dashinka 24,592]

This was actually a CNN news story.  SMH.

 

I do wonder how Fae feels about her name now also being a neopronoun.

 

Btw, I will take an F on the test if indeed F's are still used.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

It's just too much for me to get my old brain around.

[TBoneTX 45,498]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

It's just too much for me to get my old brain around.

They look like many of your standard misspellings.   

[Dashinka 24,592]

46 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

They look like many of your standard misspellings.   

My thought exactly.  

[Ban Hammer 13,400]

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

My thought exactly.  

maybe it's a movement NB started unknowingly.

[Ban Hammer 13,400]

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I am unable to say exactly how I feel about this person because the appropriate English language vocabulary has not yet been invented.