Pronouns for MR. and Mrs.

[Anonymous]

I actually don't like all of this "they/them" business for a single person.

Kindly stick to He, She, It. Or why not come up with some new pronouns like Heg, Het, Hez, or Heb?

Why mess up the whole English grammar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't like all of this "they/them" business for a single person.

Kindly stick to He, She, It. Or why not come up with some new pronouns like Heg, Het, Hez, or Heb?

Why mess up the whole English grammar?

The use of they as a singular pronoun "mess[ed] up the whole English grammar" a long time ago. It's been in use since the late 1300's by sources including Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, Byron, Merriam-Webster and the Oxford English Dictionary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Introduce them as First name + Smith

We should be teaching our kids to call every adult by their first and last names?

This is a cultural thing. In the south, children address their elders with Honorifics as a sign of respect. That's how I plan to raise my children. I have no issue using Mx if it is appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Gister and Gissess.

[Anonymous]

Ghister and Ghersess

[Anonymous]

Jesus. What a weird manufactured problem. I think our society has jumped the shark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't like all of this "they/them" business for a single person.

Kindly stick to He, She, It. Or why not come up with some new pronouns like Heg, Het, Hez, or Heb?

Why mess up the whole English grammar?

I just read a book with a non binary character in it. It was somewhat difficult to figure out who the author was referring to in some of the book where there were several characters in the scene—had to reread to figure out if they/them referred to that one character or the group of characters.

The character was a teacher, BTW, and the kids used Mx.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don't like all of this "they/them" business for a single person.

Kindly stick to He, She, It. Or why not come up with some new pronouns like Heg, Het, Hez, or Heb?

Why mess up the whole English grammar?

I just read a book with a non binary character in it. It was somewhat difficult to figure out who the author was referring to in some of the book where there were several characters in the scene—had to reread to figure out if they/them referred to that one character or the group of characters.

The character was a teacher, BTW, and the kids used Mx.

+1 I'm happy to use "they" as a singular pronoun, but it often makes it difficult to understand a discussion. My therapist mentioned that issue recently as well. It's especially difficult when you are talking about a group or a team and the group would be "they" collectively, but if you are speaking about a singular "they" in the same conversation, you almost have to use the person's name to help a listener understand.

As an example: "When my other friends left, they got mad." Who got mad, the friends, or the friend who didn't leave?

[Anonymous]

If you're talking about something formal like for a wedding invitation, just use their name. So instead of saying Mr John Doe you would say John Doe. It's really that easy.

[Anonymous]

Our school calls teachers by their first names. We have not had a non-binary teacher yet, but there is a bilingual book written by a teacher called They Call Me Mix (Me Lllaman Maestre in Spanish). I think ultimately to need to ask the person what honorific they use, as they may prefer none at all.

[Anonymous]

Mx if it's needed. The couple that I know just want to be called by their first names only

[Anonymous]

My Auntcle goes by Mx. They’s married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do non-binary teachers do? I've never seen a school where students call the teachers by their first names.

I don’t intend for this to come out as jerky, but how many non-binary adults are there who are in positions (such as teaching) that require honorifics? It seems like most of them non-binaries I know//hear about are teens. I don’t hear of too many adult non-binaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Introduce them as First name + Smith

We should be teaching our kids to call every adult by their first and last names?

This is a cultural thing. In the south, children address their elders with Honorifics as a sign of respect. That's how I plan to raise my children. I have no issue using Mx if it is appropriate.

Not just southern, at all. I grew up in the north and never would have used an adult’s first name. Same with my kids. Kids are not on the same plane with adults.

[Anonymous]

Mx pronounced Mix

Or ask the person I don’t like being call mrs. last I like being called ms. First

Don’t assume what they prefer to be called.