• ILikeBoobies
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    2 days ago

    In French il/ils is the default when you don’t know a 3rd person’s gender. Il/ils is masculine.

    No shit

    It’s for people who don’t want to be called it

    This is you just being angry for the sake of being angry

    Stick with masc pronouns, as has been explained to you from the beginning; if someone wants to be called Vous then they will use it

    • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      I genuinely cannot tell if you are trolling. I am a French speaker. I work in it every single day.

      Vous is NOT A THIRD PERSON PRONOUN. IT IS A SECOND PERSON PRONOUN. IT MEANS “You all”. THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF PRONOUNS TRANS PEOPLE HAVE PREFERENCES ABOUT.

      MY PARTNER IS NONBINARY AND USES THEY/THEM PRONOUNS IN ENGLISH. THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT TO THAT IN FRENCH.

      The only pronoun suggested by anyone as a gender neutral one in French is “iel”. It is not in common use at all and lacks any kind of widespread adoption.

      How are you so entitled that you can continue to be this blatantly wrong about something you clearly do not understand? It’s genuinely incredible.