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I call bullshit - I have NEVER heard anyone discuss multiple genders or new pronouns until Trump got elected. Propaganda!!! You are fake news and a puppet of the deep state!
they (pronoun) \\ ˈt͟hā \\ Definition of they nominative plural of he, she, and it.
So much stupidity in one tweet.
Dumb
That comes from the position of respect ...in a lot of other languages around the world ...has nothing to do with gender ...I thoughg the overeducated elites at NPR would understand this ... shutdownNPR defundNPR
They/them will never become a thing notwithstanding JA. Also, thankfully the pronoun debate is fad and its days are numbered.
People have been proposing Socialism for a similar amount of time. Doesn't mean it's a good idea, or it's ever worked when implemented.
non binary individuals want to be called they instead of he or she? Man woman or they? boy girl or they? male female or they? rolls smoothly off the tongue 😛 not really
ParisaFH I refuse to use they and them for 1 person! Will use a new word if you make one up. I will not use a plural for 1 person!
I'm Pepe the gender confused non binary green Clown. You will conform to my Progressive beliefs by bowing to my preferred pronouns.
I'd like to bring back 'thee' any votes?
So what
'They' is a natural complement to the royal 'we.'
If your main worry is what other people call you, not what you know of yourself, you are not truely comfortable with who you are and no amount of speech policing will help.
The pronoun 'he-she' covers most of the options and improve the compliance of the 99.9% that are not confused about our gender.
Wow! Imagine that. Ppl have been stupid for a lot of years😂😂
Bristling. Only on NPR...lol
they sounds weird af i say they should be called hse
sorry... zhe?
What an interesting and fun read! I don’t know anyone who identifies as “they” so this will be hard for me since I won’t have the ability to practice with anyone, but nevertheless, I will try to understand this more and be more aware! ❤️
zhe.
Question: I keep seeing that gender is a social construct, and therefore people can pick whatever pronouns they want. If race is also a social construct, should people also be able to pick their race?
🤦NPR is lost as well. I used to love you NPR, but you're talking a little bit radical lately. It's over between us. Oh, and I'm glad I never donated.
Did they also declare the act of “mispronouning” to be a hate crime punishable by law?
If people have been proposing it for 150 years and got nowhere, that tells you something. BTW, Jane Austen used the word 'they' correctly. There is no pretence at gender equity in her novels. You made that up.
You can have 'they', 'ze', and 'zhe', if I can have 50-state constitutional carry. Sounds like a fair trade to me! Everybody gets what they want. 😁
It is irrational and confusing to repurpose commonly-used words. It would be better to create new words.
Stop trying to make they happen
Do some real investigation for once. Don’t impose made up grammar on 99.9% of the world.
Hey guess what we are never going to change our speaking no matter who cries and throws a Bitch fit, so 🤐
It's just not a linguistic possibility. Languages can invent new nouns, verbs, and adjectives, but not prepositions, articles, or pronouns.
Best explanation so far. Thank you npr!
they don’t say..
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Yes but who reads Jane Austen?
When people use “they” as their pronoun it sounds like Ebonics. “How is they doin”?
im all good wit ppl who use they/them it's whatever but if u start sayin shit like ze/xe/xkger'qualtoth just why
No, I'm not going to 'just practice' wreaking havoc on my own natural instincts. What a disappointment you are npr. PronounsDay
I refuse to utter any of this made up nonsense. When confronted with someone who demands these made up words I will simply use a NONOUN...yep, just silence in place of a real English pronoun.
In grad school, I fucked up agreement on ONE paper, resulting in an A-, resulting in an A- in the class, resulting in a 3.987 GPA. This always kills me. herhersshe
The English language is open source, and free. Changes to it either stick, or fade. It's not personal, its collective. Forced compliance is absolutely wrong, yet so is addressing someone improperly.
You can change words around and distort reality but you can’t change the true nature of genders: man and woman. He and her.
the answer is 'no' and if this keeps up we are going to create laws mandating you only use 'he/her' (male/female) and if you don't you can be prosecuted. So I'd suggest voluntarily cooperating with the 'No'.
Bad idea then. Bad idea now.
Ze Zhe aren’t those just like chinese last names
Huh. Ok.
Imagine If Shakespeare had used these pronouns. Nobody would know what's going on. What's the point?
Its not used in the context of gender, its used in the context of identifying someone previously spoken about.
IM NOT FUCKING CALLING YOU ZE
This is some sick cult-like slang. Regular folks know there are two genders
Is GTHOF a pronoun?
I identify as a nongendered unicorn. I fart pixiedust and cast he/it spells. Am I a pronoun master? !/ look at my punctuation ooooh hehe. Laugh in he pronouns is ok, I put it on my sticker. freaks PronounsDay InternationalPronounsDay MentalHealthAwarenessWeek coincedence
There is only 2 genders.
The gender neutral they pronoun seems strange to me bc they is plural Yes we need at least one option that isn't male or female which is 'both' or 'neither'... I like trans better for all 'others'
Exactly a month ago we wrote our in depth piece after Sam Smith shocked the world and announced he was a band...
How about we just use each others’ names? Is that so hard?
U people are mentally ill
Imagine being mad about this
This rule has been around for so long Shakespeare used it. For whom is this difficult?
Joe Biden's favorite expression is 'Come on man!'. Should he be corrected for being insensitive?
Please. Stop.
Shut up
Gender is not a cultural construct, gender is biology. Our fellow primates know this, perhaps we can learn from them.
The pronoun thing can be difficult for existing adults and elders to fathom.
Don't be weak minded or allow our smug/pretentious society to dictate how you live or speak. People are just way too self absorbed and entitled these days. Anyone that uses or insists on asking to use specific pronouns just ends up sounding pompous and desperate for attention.
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