Well, one of the very few useful contributions by liberals to language education: at least kids today are learning what the word "pronoun" means
I doubt 1 in 100 of them could even name the other parts of speech...or even know what the linguistic term "parts of speech" means :p
Fun fact: pronouns are optional, meaning there is no situation requiring their use.
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Purple-haired fishing-tackle face: My name is Aidan, and my pronouns are qzx and ::sound of rubber galoshes walking through fresh snow::
Me: If Aidan wants to call Aidan's self qzx, that's Aidan's right. No one should attack or demean Aidan over Aidan's choice of descriptive terms for Aidan. Aidan is within Aidan's rights to refer to Aidan in any way Aidan wishes. However, Aidan's wishes of course create no legal burden of obedience on others to similarly alter their pronoun usage for Aidan. They are not required to enter into Aidan's fantasy and adhere to any new language rules Aidan has created for Aidan to refer to Aidan.
I was beating it as I rolled through the feeds and now it looks like I'm going to have to change my pronouns.
And today's All Internet Award goes to...
Agreed. All Internet Award very much merited here.
They/them?
Xir/xim
Cool. My pronouns are MiLady/Attack Helicopter.
He/Haw
Well, one of the very few useful contributions by liberals to language education: at least kids today are learning what the word "pronoun" means
I doubt 1 in 100 of them could even name the other parts of speech...or even know what the linguistic term "parts of speech" means :p
Fun fact: pronouns are optional, meaning there is no situation requiring their use.
.
Purple-haired fishing-tackle face: My name is Aidan, and my pronouns are qzx and ::sound of rubber galoshes walking through fresh snow::
Me: If Aidan wants to call Aidan's self qzx, that's Aidan's right. No one should attack or demean Aidan over Aidan's choice of descriptive terms for Aidan. Aidan is within Aidan's rights to refer to Aidan in any way Aidan wishes. However, Aidan's wishes of course create no legal burden of obedience on others to similarly alter their pronoun usage for Aidan. They are not required to enter into Aidan's fantasy and adhere to any new language rules Aidan has created for Aidan to refer to Aidan.
Sim salibim
MAGA/MAGA
Ceiling Cat got a black eye.
so much for NNN
You win