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[akinachiri]

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On Second Person Pronouns

So for a long time I've had my pronouns pinned on my blog with a few other bits of information that I like people to know before interacting with me. Included with them are my Second Person Pronouns (henceforth "SPPs") that I use for myself (and for others when they don't specify). I'm well aware that having SPPs in English that differ from "you/your/you're/yours/yourself" is either seen as archaic (in the "thou/thee/thy/thine/thyself" sort of way) or is just... completely unheard of in general. So I'm gonna explain why I do it in spite of all that!

Before I continue, I will state that I'm defaulting to "you" as the neutral SPP for this entire blog post! Furthermore, if this somehow spreads too far off of my blog, it'd do better with some context: I use "mew" SPPs. Some examples would be "what are mew up to?" "Is that mewr item?" "mew're really cool!" "I dunno if mew can do that by mewrself..." Firstly, the idea for coming up with changing the SPPs I use came from a past of extreme escapism into my own imagination and the life and identity I had in that decade long fantasy merging with my actual self once I escaped my awful home life. Being something nonhuman entirely for a decade and then being brought back to humanity has caused me to thank about a lot of the things in day to day life in another light, and that's the sort of life I've been living. English only has one set of SPPs, the "you" set, and why is that? Why are we so limited when we have things liiiike Third Person Pronouns (henceforth "TPPs") in English are very tied to identity as they're used to refer to someone in particular (when not plural). There's dozens and dozens of sets you can find and see in use and help people distinguish you when speaking vaguely to make the flow of conversation easier. For example: if you're talking about two people who aren't participating in your conversation and one uses it/its TPPs and the other uses they/them TPPs, you can talk about both of them without using their names and keep the conversation flowing. "I heard it's doing that activity today" "oh it's gonna have a great time, i bet!" Only one person is being spoken about here but you know which of the two based on TPP usage. When it comes to SPP use, English really only has the one set for everyone. If you walk into a room with more than one person and say "can you help me out with something for a moment?" you're likely to get asked who you're talking to. So, why not pick out different SPPs? Another example: I ("mew" SPPs) and one other person ("you" SPPs) are in a room together and someone comes in and asks "oh hey can mew help me out really quick?", there's only one person that's being spoken to here, it's determined quickly without issue! Admittedly, this is only a small benefit, but a useful one nonetheless! This grammatical benefit on top of just generally owning your identity and being able to express it in another way was enough to push me to giving it a shot, and I have no complaints so far. Having your own SPPs is roughly equivalent to picking out your own name, you'll be able to tell nearly right away if someone is actually using them, since they'll have to do it right to your face! So, why be "you" when you could be "mew"? Mew could hear sentences like this one spoken to mew whenever mew're being spoken to, and mew could easily be distinguished from mewr peers with a single short word rather than mewr name! And you don't have to use "mew", you can use anything you come up with that sounds right to you! I use "mew" since it sounds similar to "you" and it's easy for people to pick up and get used to, you just add an "m" sound before saying "you" and it always works! Obviously I'm not trying to force anyone to try this, I want this to be something that people can use to understand why I use "mew" SPPs, and maybe just maybe might try out something other than "you" for a change.

[miss-couch-potato]

THE WAY THEY IGNORE ROLFE LMAO

He just wants them to do his name 😭

They even do Earl but not Rolfe! so mean lol

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Earl canonically lives in a tiny apartment.

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[akinachiri]

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[pitxroxas]

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[miss-couch-potato]

OH BROTHER, THIS GUY STINKS!

WHY ARE YOU ALL SO MEAN TO ROLFE?!

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