#all that to say that i use “elle” bc i've been told by spanish-speakers about it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

libertea-and-icedcoffee · 1 year ago

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speaking french and spanish and having non-binary pronouns is a curse

and i'm not even talking about the fact that the whole language is gendered

i'm talking about the fact that "elle" in spanish (pronounced "eyé" (?) is a gender neutral contraction of el and ella

but "elle" in french is basically "she"

So saying that my pronouns are iel/they/elle confuses french speaking people when they read it because they think that my pronouns are basically french-they/they/she and it's annoying lmao

#language #non-binary #btw i'm pretty much a beginner in spanish since i'm learning on my own #all that to say that i use “elle” bc i've been told by spanish-speakers about it #i wanted to specify because i know there's a whole discussion about latinx (apparently not created by actual hispanic ppl) and latine #so i might be wrong but i think “elle” is pretty common in spanish for non-binary people?#are there any other gender-neutral pronouns in spanish?#in french “iel” is the most common and recently added to the dictionary #but i know some people use “ille” and sometimes simply neopronouns #french #french language #pronouns #queer #gender #gender identity #spanish language #latine

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