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how do you get used to use non-binary words

Started by Natkat, October 23, 2013, 09:32:29 AM

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Natkat

Quote from: Kaelin on November 11, 2013, 08:12:21 AM
Some grammar nuts will resist you, but while it's not the most "proper" manner of speaking, it's still correct.
well, I already had alot of them, one more or less probably wont make a big diffrence,
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VeronicaLynn

Quote from: Lo on November 10, 2013, 12:20:58 PM
It's just the nature of the Romance languages that developed from Latin. I don't know about French and Italian-speakers, but I hear that most queer and nonbinary-identified folks in Latin America don't care. There really is no changing the gendered qualities of the language because it's so fundamental.
So essentially, there is no way of referring to nonbinary people in their own language then without giving them some sort of binary article...
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Lo

Quote from: VeronicaLynn on November 11, 2013, 11:53:55 PM
So essentially, there is no way of referring to nonbinary people in their own language then without giving them some sort of binary article...

There are ways, but they just aren't so useful in spoken conversation even though they look good written. Like Latin@. There are a few ways to say that, but there's no consensus, and most spoken attempts, I've heard, end up sounding silly or too close to a gendered alternative anyways. I don't know what language is used to refer to groups of other-gendered people though, like the muxes.
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Kendall

In the Philippines, Tagalog uses non-binary pronouns "siya" direct, subject, "kaniya" oblique/preposition, "niya" indirect/possessive/object for both she/he, her/ him, his/ hers.
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