▲ 625 ▼ new pronouns just dropped (pawb.social) submitted 3 years ago by tev@pawb.social to c/confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social -46 points 3 years ago (4 children) Who is confidentially incorrect here? Vs/ae aren't real pronounces, so he's right, just an idiot. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 34 points 3 years ago (2 children) The author was referring to their toolset, not their pronouns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) A pronoun may also contain information about one's toolset. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Would it kill them to write the whole name? They're not that long. I'm a big fan of not shortening anything unless you're going to use it extremely frequently in a body of writing, and even then, you had better type it out at least once. I feel like acronyms should never be assumed and always defined, shits annoying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Depends. Some tools have annoying names, and if they're on mobile, autocorrect can be an asshole. You wouldn't want to type out GNU Image Manipulation Project all the time, so you'd just say GIMP. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) The top comment confidently believes that "vs/are" in the profile referred to pronouns. They were incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FierroGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Technically, the commenter only said they weren't genders and wouldn't call them that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemming007@lemm.ee -5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well, how would you even know they're aren't pronouns? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* "Ae" is actually one of the oldest coined non-binary pronouns, originating in the 1920 science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus, where it was used to describe members of an alien race. Its oblique and possessive determiner forms are both "aer", a pun on the alien race being composed of air. The only result of "vs" I could find in a database of coined pronouns is as a possessive form of "v", which I'm unsure if has any attestations. However, v/vs could be taken as a spelling or inflectional variant of ve/vis, which was first proposed as a gender-neutral pronoun all the way back in 1864. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Because the creator said they aren't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemming007@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was after, no way to know before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent [+] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] magicalbeast69@programming.dev 16 points 3 years ago Because its never referred to pronouns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 34 points 3 years ago (2 children) The author was referring to their toolset, not their pronouns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) A pronoun may also contain information about one's toolset. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Would it kill them to write the whole name? They're not that long. I'm a big fan of not shortening anything unless you're going to use it extremely frequently in a body of writing, and even then, you had better type it out at least once. I feel like acronyms should never be assumed and always defined, shits annoying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Depends. Some tools have annoying names, and if they're on mobile, autocorrect can be an asshole. You wouldn't want to type out GNU Image Manipulation Project all the time, so you'd just say GIMP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) A pronoun may also contain information about one's toolset. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Would it kill them to write the whole name? They're not that long. I'm a big fan of not shortening anything unless you're going to use it extremely frequently in a body of writing, and even then, you had better type it out at least once. I feel like acronyms should never be assumed and always defined, shits annoying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Depends. Some tools have annoying names, and if they're on mobile, autocorrect can be an asshole. You wouldn't want to type out GNU Image Manipulation Project all the time, so you'd just say GIMP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Depends. Some tools have annoying names, and if they're on mobile, autocorrect can be an asshole. You wouldn't want to type out GNU Image Manipulation Project all the time, so you'd just say GIMP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) The top comment confidently believes that "vs/are" in the profile referred to pronouns. They were incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FierroGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Technically, the commenter only said they weren't genders and wouldn't call them that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemming007@lemm.ee -5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well, how would you even know they're aren't pronouns? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* "Ae" is actually one of the oldest coined non-binary pronouns, originating in the 1920 science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus, where it was used to describe members of an alien race. Its oblique and possessive determiner forms are both "aer", a pun on the alien race being composed of air. The only result of "vs" I could find in a database of coined pronouns is as a possessive form of "v", which I'm unsure if has any attestations. However, v/vs could be taken as a spelling or inflectional variant of ve/vis, which was first proposed as a gender-neutral pronoun all the way back in 1864. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Because the creator said they aren't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemming007@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was after, no way to know before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FierroGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Technically, the commenter only said they weren't genders and wouldn't call them that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemming007@lemm.ee -5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well, how would you even know they're aren't pronouns? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* "Ae" is actually one of the oldest coined non-binary pronouns, originating in the 1920 science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus, where it was used to describe members of an alien race. Its oblique and possessive determiner forms are both "aer", a pun on the alien race being composed of air. The only result of "vs" I could find in a database of coined pronouns is as a possessive form of "v", which I'm unsure if has any attestations. However, v/vs could be taken as a spelling or inflectional variant of ve/vis, which was first proposed as a gender-neutral pronoun all the way back in 1864. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Because the creator said they aren't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemming007@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was after, no way to know before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago* "Ae" is actually one of the oldest coined non-binary pronouns, originating in the 1920 science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus, where it was used to describe members of an alien race. Its oblique and possessive determiner forms are both "aer", a pun on the alien race being composed of air. The only result of "vs" I could find in a database of coined pronouns is as a possessive form of "v", which I'm unsure if has any attestations. However, v/vs could be taken as a spelling or inflectional variant of ve/vis, which was first proposed as a gender-neutral pronoun all the way back in 1864. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Because the creator said they aren't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemming007@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was after, no way to know before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemming007@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was after, no way to know before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You might even say they were confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magicalbeast69@programming.dev 16 points 3 years ago Because its never referred to pronouns. permalink fedilink source parent
