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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-10-07 03:42 pm

[ SECRET POST #2105 ]


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(Anonymous) 2012-10-07 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the heart of the "singular they" debate, and there's never really been an answer on that; it varies depending on person, really, so there are several options.

He/She is common.

So is ze/zer.

It works too, but there are very specific times when "it" is okay. Talking about people is not one of those times.

I personally use "they." Screw the haters.

(Anonymous) 2012-10-08 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Serious question here, is ze/zer actually common outside the internet? Or even outside fandom? Because that is literally the only place I have ever heard it being used - and the occasions I've brought it up irl, no one had heard of it either.
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[personal profile] stainless 2012-10-08 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
No, it's not. People may say it in person in the trans community, but I've never actually heard it pronounced.

(Anonymous) 2012-10-08 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
NAYRT

It's not. From my understanding it's pretty much completely unknown, and if it's known it's subject to ridicule. Personally I think it's pointless when singular 'they' has grown so common and effective, and I think many would agree.

(Anonymous) 2012-10-08 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
ze/zer actually shouldn't be used to address people who haven't asked to be called that. Those invented pronoun sets are normally used by people who fall outside the traditional gender binary of he/she. As in, I'm not a he or a she, I'm a ze. You'd be mis-gendering whoever you were talking about unless they happened to be gq.

Also, no, ze/zer isn't common outside of online trans* and queer spaces.

(Anonymous) 2012-10-08 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
This is the first time I hear that, anon.