all about pronouns.

He! She! ...Xe? Zed? They as a singular? Multiple? Other? A good starting place to become a pronoun profesh!

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[president-owen]

in Spanish beard is feminine and dress is masculine

[hannahallexandra]

my pronouns are what the frick/even is my gender

[justMe-kqrv]

Different pronouns:
He
Him
She
Her
It
Them/they
Human
Person
MORTAL
EARTHLING
Thing
COMRADE

[kittalinequeen]

I know nobody's going to read this, but I feel so validated right now. I've never really seen anybody talk about how they have no preference for one pronoun over the other, and I knew I probably wasn't alone, but having that validation that I am not alone in my experiences literally made me cry from joy.

[Ella-cghe]

In my language (Finnish) there is only one gender neutral pronoun for she/he (hän) and I remember being so confused for a while when starting to learn English (and then other languages like Swedish and Russian and Spanish that have those too but it wasn’t really confusing anymore since it was a thing in English. Russian and Spanish even have that weird thing of different objects being feminine or masculine I never really understood.).

Having only gender neutral pronoun is really cool because you don’t have to worry about accidentally misgendering anyone unless you call them a boy or a girl etc.

It’s also cool in writing when you can confuse the reader by never revealing a character’s gender (I do that a lot just for fun). But then in some cases it can be confusing. For example I’ve read a couple of translated books that were originally in English and sometimes there’s those moments when a boy and a girl are having a conversation and no names are used in the middle, only pronouns. In English it would be clear who is talking but at some point I have no idea anymore.

[dashaklein]

Dear Ashley,
the GSA at our school has collectively given money and pre-ordered your book in order to donate it to our school's library and educate the student body, faculty, and parents in our community. I want to thank you so much for playing such a wonderful part in not only my life, but also in the lives of others. Keep being the awesome sunshiney person you are!
Thanks Again,
Dash :)

[emmeoliver]

My dad made a big deal about one of my local grocery stores having a sign that said they were going to stop addressing people as man or miss or sir because they didn't want to assume their gender. I thought that was cool but he was just majorly pissed off.

[tammikilpi]

Personally I'm also pronoun indifferent! I like being seen as gender neutral, but to me pronouns are not really a huge deal, especially since my native language doesn't have "gendered pronouns" (he and she are both covered with hän)

[emilym]

When you have homophobic parents so you can't buy the book😭

[michaelmcgee]

As a gay guy I've rejected the rainbow flag and I'm glad that I have. Why should straight people be forced to celebrate my sexuality.

[staurnzbrat]

I ordered your book and my dad told me I shouldn't have done that because I'm "flaunting my some times think I shouldn't have came out but I'm happier and you help a lot Ashley💙

[iederwatwil]

I'm non-binary but my prefered pronouns are He/Him...
Is that also okay?

[TheGameFlinger]

I identify as “It doesn’t fucking matter” 🙂

[CoRLex-jhvx]

Fun fact: in Romanian, 'a' is either 'un' which is masculine, or "o" which is feminine. Inanimate objects -all- ^mostly use "un" _except_ for coffee. For whatever reason. "A tea" would be "un ceai" but "a coffee" would be " *o* cafea."

^At the time I wrote this I was very early along in my Romanian learning journey. I'd now like to add; goat and tie are feminine, child is masculine. Most time related stuff is masculine, and numbers are feminine but million, billion and trillion are masculine. Also there's specific words for brother in law, sister in law, father in law and mother in law, but nephew is the same as grandson, and niece is the same as granddaughter. Bonus: Uncle is Unchi, pronounced like Unky. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk

[HeyThere]

A Lot of you ask about my pronouns! This is me talking about it! Do you any of you feel me on that very last question/feeling I share at the end?

[ajaxbird]

I totally agree with the pronoun thing. I'm kind of indifferent. Just be respectful and it will all be fine.

[nowthisisliving]

Seriously love the work you put into your videos!!

[kellyjones]

I'm 61 years old and sometimes struggle with pronouns. Especially when it comes to my non-binary friends. I would NEVER say anything to intentionally disrespect them but it's all pretty new to me. My daughter helps me tons on keeping them straight. When I accidentally call them "she" my natural reaction is to apologize but my daughter, like you, says to just move on and not make a big deal of it! But, it's I do great with all the others, but the non-binary really trip me up!

[chosen]

I identify as Michael Jackson, my pronouns are, he, hee

[t-shades]

As a linguist, I really appreciate this video. Most languages around the world actually have no gendered pronouns. English is pretty unique in this way for having gendered pronouns for people without having a wider gender class system. So, while people say "they" is a "special pronoun" really he/she are the "special", unnecessary pronouns.