Edna (dey/sie)@feddit.org to traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoNot misgendering people can be easy :3feddit.orgimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1268
arrow-up1268imageNot misgendering people can be easy :3feddit.orgEdna (dey/sie)@feddit.org to traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareDUMBASS@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoJust say they, it’s worked for centuries.
minus-squaresaltnotsugar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoOr thou. What hath thou whispered upon the spicy wind?
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agothou talkin shit, eh?
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHow art thou enjoying thy paint chips?
minus-squareDUMBASS@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, that’s if you want to be formal tho.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoFunny enough, for centuries “thou” was the more intimate and less formal way to say “you.” It took on an air of formality when it fell out of common use and remained only in older works associated with institutional authority. 🌈
minus-squareDUMBASS@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo, we need to start bringing it back as a main part of our vocabulary? Thou has made my day fun.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoFor real, it simplifies everything. There are so many situations where gender is unknown or irrelevant, and they is a well-established convention.
Just say they, it’s worked for centuries.
Or thou. What hath thou whispered upon the spicy wind?
thou talkin shit, eh?
How art thou enjoying thy paint chips?
Yeah, that’s if you want to be formal tho.
Funny enough, for centuries “thou” was the more intimate and less formal way to say “you.” It took on an air of formality when it fell out of common use and remained only in older works associated with institutional authority. 🌈
So, we need to start bringing it back as a main part of our vocabulary? Thou has made my day fun.
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For real, it simplifies everything. There are so many situations where gender is unknown or irrelevant, and they is a well-established convention.