#in chinese we’ve a pronoun specifically for addressing divine beings
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esalen………………………………………………………………………
#been really on that oc grind. and by on that oc grind i mean. sitting here and thinking. about how cute esalen is#hes my beloved oc……… everyone has that One oc…………#esalen#kato#<- xe’s here too#pretty sure my environmental science teacher once called xem and esalen#“the gender noncomfority duo”#although tbf i think esa isnt doing gender noncomfority on purpose#i think he just doesn’t really know what gender is#you know what i really want#in chinese we’ve a pronoun specifically for addressing divine beings#祢/祂 my beloved#(the normal first and second person pronouns are 你/他 in case youre wondering)#oh theres also one specifically for livestock -> 牠#anyway i want use case specific pronouns in english#im so tired of english only having one first person pronoun#where’s my i (emperor). where’s my i (servant). where’s my i (crass). where’s my i (im ur father and i fucked ur mom lol)#its so EMOTIVE its so characterization……………….#also i want thy back in fashion. i cant live without a pair of formal/informal second person pronouns#every time i talk to someone of importance in english i feel like im committing a thousand crimes#because i cant refer to them with extra politeness#how else are you supposed to know that i respect you the expected amount?!?????????#language. what a mess#anyway lets bring thy back so i can be slightly more comfortable in serious conversations#kenon.art
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