I mean.. "sie"? "Hir"? (Don't even get me started on "Zie") By changing one letter, it's supposed to redress the balance? No, it just simply makes you look like you can't spell.
That's not what they're about. If I don't know someone's gender, I'm going to use hie/sie and so on, because, I don't care what anyone says, He is fucking well *not* a gender-neutral pronoun. (Big button, which you, my dear, did not press. It just seems to come up in these conversations.) Sometimes, the gender of the person one is speaking of doesn't matter. There are also a few people I know who don't have an easily...categorized gender and prefer that people use hie/sie etc . when referring to them.
For me, gnps are more about preciseness of language. I've been using them for years now, and I'm sorry if they piss you off, but I doubt I'll stop anytime soon, sweetcheeks. Not that you asked me to. I'm just cranky. Hope I didn't get too much on you.
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That's not what they're about. If I don't know someone's gender, I'm going to use hie/sie and so on, because, I don't care what anyone says, He is fucking well *not* a gender-neutral pronoun. (Big button, which you, my dear, did not press. It just seems to come up in these conversations.) Sometimes, the gender of the person one is speaking of doesn't matter. There are also a few people I know who don't have an easily...categorized gender and prefer that people use hie/sie etc . when referring to them.
For me, gnps are more about preciseness of language. I've been using them for years now, and I'm sorry if they piss you off, but I doubt I'll stop anytime soon, sweetcheeks. Not that you asked me to. I'm just cranky. Hope I didn't get too much on you.
Love you.
Gesi