i actually think that this new influx of pronouns is a good thing. because sure, in 70 years we might have a pronoun most agender people use and a pronoun most bigender people, etc. I really do believe that in the future non-binary pronouns will be better known, more organised and more understood. but let’s be real, they aren’t right now.
because where we are right now, for non binary english speakers, is so important. we’ve never had a forum like this, the internet, where non binary people can exchange ideas and feelings. and binary english speakers have had literally hundreds, thousands of years to get to now, when we have a pronoun most male identified people use and a pronoun most female identified people use.
of course these situations aren’t entirely comparable. non binary people aren’t just “going with the flow” like binary people 700 years ago, for example, were with language. we’re actively trying to get recognition, and going out of our way to invent new words specifically because the current ones are not enough. which is different. but the point still stands. we are going to need a lot of time of non binary people of all sorts of genders exchanging ideas, interacting, before non binary pronouns are used in a way which resembles binary he/she pronouns usage.
So yeah, you might think “bun” pronouns sound cutsey and a not “serious”. and maybe in 5 years no one will use them. on the flip side, in 20 years they might be the most popular pronouns for say, genderfluid people. we need to give it time. the english speaking non binary community has not had a global forum like this for more than just over a decade or so. like dripping water wears away the rock, we will burrow through to some consistency when we’ve had enough time.
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because where we are right now, for non binary english speakers, is so important. we’ve never had a forum like this, the internet, where non binary people can exchange ideas and feelings. and binary english speakers have had literally hundreds, thousands of years to get to now, when we have a pronoun most male identified people use and a pronoun most female identified people use.
of course these situations aren’t entirely comparable. non binary people aren’t just “going with the flow” like binary people 700 years ago, for example, were with language. we’re actively trying to get recognition, and going out of our way to invent new words specifically because the current ones are not enough. which is different. but the point still stands. we are going to need a lot of time of non binary people of all sorts of genders exchanging ideas, interacting, before non binary pronouns are used in a way which resembles binary he/she pronouns usage.
So yeah, you might think “bun” pronouns sound cutsey and a not “serious”. and maybe in 5 years no one will use them. on the flip side, in 20 years they might be the most popular pronouns for say, genderfluid people. we need to give it time. the english speaking non binary community has not had a global forum like this for more than just over a decade or so. like dripping water wears away the rock, we will burrow through to some consistency when we’ve had enough time.