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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-10-05 06:37 pm

[ SECRET POST #3928 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3928 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Shape of Water]


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05. https://i.imgur.com/FFikkoI.jpg
[linked at OP's request for graphic image, worm in eyeball)


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07. https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohhwgHt2QqljARnlm/giphy.gif
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Re: Non-fandom rants

(Anonymous) 2017-10-06 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
No, I will not use a special pronoun when talking to you. For one, you dont use pronouns when talking to someone, you only use them when referring to someone in 3rd person. And two: THERE ARE NO NEUTRAL PRONOUNS IN OUR LANGUAGE. There simply aren't (at least none that won't make you whine about them "dehumanizing" you). And not anything that can be used as a placeholder either. And no, inserting and English "they" into a sentence is not a solution. So if you're so hellbent on a special pronoun, move to a country where the language makes that possible.

Re: Non-fandom rants

(Anonymous) 2017-10-06 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Its actually very common for people to insert an English word into conversation if no appropriate equivalent exists in that language. Even the French do it, despite their hard on for language purity. I mean, feel free to refuse to use "they" as a neutral pronoun, but be honest that this is YOUR decision and don't pretend like there's an imaginary rule that says one language can never borrow from another, LOL.

Re: Non-fandom rants

(Anonymous) 2017-10-06 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No. This is not like language works. You can absolutely use loanwords from other languages and even different foreign words in general. But you can't use them in a way that would completely disrupt a normal sentence, ESPECIALLY if not even half of the people you talk to would understand what the hell you're talking about. That's not how this works.
I'm assuming you only know one language or are hilariously ignorant about this. But inserting "they" as a pronoun into a sentence in a foreign language does not work.