[ SECRET POST #2618 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2618 ⌋

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Comments

Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[chardmonster]

Is this a thing now? I was grading a student's paper and thought it was a typo, so I circled it. I then saw it again, circled it, then googled.

Apparently it's a thing.

This is the stupidest thing. Stop doing it.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[vethica]

First womyn, then womxn. I predict womwn will be next.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[greenvelvetcake]

At least you can pronounce womyn. I'm trying to say "womxn" aloud and it's not going well.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[cassandraoftroy]

"womwn" sounds like someone trying to make a lightsaber noise.

wwwooommm... wwwnnn.... wwwwooommm... kshh!

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[tabaqui]

Don't forget 'wimmin'. Gotta find a way to leave out that horrible, horrible 'men' part of the word.

(A lot of the neo-pagans we knew two decades ago did this, and it was in a lot of pagan books and things, too.)

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

I have thankfully never run across this. What is the point, exactly?

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

Chard, be honest with your feelings. Why are Womens Studies students just so tremendousy awful. Right up there with Business and Computer Science in the terrible human being stakes?

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[inkdust]

That's ridiculous. Is there only one form for both singular and plural? Lazy.

SHE. IS. AXE. WOMAN.

[caecilia]

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

Um. What.

I'm a big proponent of gender-neutral language, to the point where I'm sure I get plenty of eye-rolling behind my back. If I'm in a bad mood, I'll snipe at people I know for saying "freshmen". So the fact that I think that's ridiculous is probably saying something.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a Superman villain or something. I don't understand the point of it (and knowing these things, I probably don't care to know either), but I can't fathom why a student would use it on an actual essay/test/whatever.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[herpymcderp]

...wat. Oh I get it because there's no Y in WOMYN HURR HURR HURR DO YOU GET IT GUISE.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[diet_poison]

what

I have never seen that

what is the point of it?

I'm a woman not a...that

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, that's so...unnecessary. I can't imagine own of my teachers dealing with that.

Out of nosiness, what do you teach/TA?

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

What subject or class was this paper for??

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[forgottenjester]

I have not seen it with an x before. That doesn't even make sense. That's just stupid. An x does not make the sound you need nor does it represent anything you want it to when you add it to yourself.

I have seen womyn though. I think it'd stupid but if you do it whatever, I'm not gonna say anything. I also think it's far less stupid than womxn because at least y makes the right fucking sound.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[iceyred]

This has been a thing since forever. I first encountered it at sleep away camp when I was 9. Which was 18 years ago. It was stupid then, it's stupid now, and it's going to be stupid in the future.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

You. Grade. Papers.

Oh god.

Please tell me at least it's not higher education?

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[caerbannog]

How do I even pronounce that??? I'd mark it down too if I got something like that.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[ninthlife]

Maybe they started with "womyn", then suddenly realized Y is a male chromosome so they changed the Y to an X.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

Does the writer identify as a princex?

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[(Anonymous)]

Any time I see someone use a made-up gender neutral term I experience a profound urge to start referring to lady-type persons (of which I am one) as "chicks" or "broads" out of sheer contrary irritation.

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[insanenoodlyguy]

STXP MXKXNG FXN XF MX TYPXNG QXXRK, BXTCH

YXX TRXGGXRXD MX

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Looks like 90s political correctness gone mad coming around again.

Re: Spelling "women" as "womxn."

[pantasma]

This is a new(ish) thing which should stop. It's not as hip as you think it is.