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Ned B.'s avatar

I'm so tired of talking about pronouns. I want to go back to amateur nouns.

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Alison Smith's avatar

I am an English teacher. The whole pronoun thing is wacko.

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Valerie's avatar

I’m so old I remember when they and them meant more than one person. 😂

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Vida Galore's avatar

Maybe they just want to include all their split personalities.

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Janet's avatar

🤣🤣🤣. True.

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Melissa S's avatar

I would think that an English teacher correcting a paper these days would be a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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sunsandwind's avatar

I have refused to use any pronouns when in the company of those who want compliance. It's not difficult when you choose words carefully.

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Janet's avatar

It’s kind of fun to micro-aggress. Or whatever nonsense they call it.

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NoWay's avatar

Not my term, but I have heard it called ‘ malicious compliance’

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Janet's avatar

Me too. I just shrug if I get a look. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Vince's avatar

LOL, amateur nouns.

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JC in Ak's avatar

🤣

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MOMinator's avatar

Does anyone know how to remove the pronoun field from the Contacts in an iPhone? I was APPALLED when that showed up after the most recent update.

Ditching the iPhone is what I’m thinking…but not practical at present.

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Principled Pragmatist's avatar

Please join me and put the following on your Linked In page if you have one (or some variation of this message).

Psst…. It’s OK now to remove your pronouns.

Open to other ways to express this message.

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