So @halleluyang has a really important thread about the singular they & editorial pushback re: nonbinary pronouns: https://twitter.com/halleluyang/status/856173222898712576 …
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I did this because, even in my teens - over a decade before I knew I was genderqueer - I felt frustrated by the lack of an enby pronoun.
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I had no objection to the singular they, but the potential for confusion on-page always irked me. And so, teen!me came up with a fix.
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I love your logic and solution here!
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I love this solution, as someone who has to use the singular and plural "they" in letters, sometimes in the same sentence.
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I know this isn't the point of your thread.
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I honestly want to make this popular use. Not confusing with plural "they", but also doesn't require trying to keep all iterations of "xe"
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in mind. I have nothing against the pronoun "xe/xie" but I don't know how to pronounce, want to not alienate readers unfamiliar with it, and
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