FA+
Shop
203
Views
Views
2
Favorites
Favorites
Category
Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Chakat
Size 1252 x 1152
File Size 52.2 kB
Report this content
More from Ronintendo
Listed in Folders
![[Adoptable] A Chakat apparently](http://d.furaffinity.net/art/ronintendo/1355971803/1355971803.ronintendo_chakat.png "Click to change the View")
Purchased from 
snowflake_the_wolf.
One thing that always bugged me about herms was attempts at giving them their own pronouns; however, if you really think about it "shi", "hir", and so on are pronounced exactly the same as feminine pronouns like "she" and "her", so it's not more generic (which is supposedly the intent).
In English, a generic, ambiguous, or sexless character uses masculine pronouns. Feminine pronouns are for actual females, though I would allow herms to use them too (but an individual character should be consistent in use of one set or the other).
snowflake_the_wolf.One thing that always bugged me about herms was attempts at giving them their own pronouns; however, if you really think about it "shi", "hir", and so on are pronounced exactly the same as feminine pronouns like "she" and "her", so it's not more generic (which is supposedly the intent).
In English, a generic, ambiguous, or sexless character uses masculine pronouns. Feminine pronouns are for actual females, though I would allow herms to use them too (but an individual character should be consistent in use of one set or the other).
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Chakat
Size 1252 x 1152px
File Size 52.2 kB
Actually, they aren't pronounced the same. Shi is pronounced more like shay, hir is pronounced more like hare, and then there is shir (the term like Sir, Mister, Madam, or Miss), which is pronounced like sure. For Chakats I always use these terms as it is what the creator of Chakats 
goldfur has decided they use.
However, there have been other attempts at truly genderless pronounce, such as "Za loves zayself", or the modified Spivak "Ey loves emself."
I personally like modified Spivak. It is based off of the 1800's concept of the Singular They, but drops the 'th' from each of the words. These words can either be used for someone who is in fact genderless, those are are multigendered, or when the gender of someone you are speaking of is unknown.
goldfur has decided they use.However, there have been other attempts at truly genderless pronounce, such as "Za loves zayself", or the modified Spivak "Ey loves emself."
I personally like modified Spivak. It is based off of the 1800's concept of the Singular They, but drops the 'th' from each of the words. These words can either be used for someone who is in fact genderless, those are are multigendered, or when the gender of someone you are speaking of is unknown.
Comments