English being your first and only language isn’t much of a brag when half this country can barely read lol.
You you think those people benefit from not having a non-gendered, singular pronoun they can use? Because those people are the ones who determine how language use used.
Maybe you should just listen to the people that identify that way and use these pronouns in their lives and don’t have problems.
My problem isn’t with people picking that as a pronoun. For all I care, someone could pick something straight out of Who’s on First and I’d use it. My problem is that there is a single “accepted” non-binary set of pronouns, and it overlaps with the only plural set. If “they” is the word someone is most comfortable with, so be it. At the same time, it shouldn’t be, effectively, the only option.
I’ve read 2 trilogies recently, both worlds having an additional gender that uses they/them pronouns, one of the series has them as a POV character. Not confusing at all and one book of it makes you use to it real fast
I’ve read a few books featuring non-binary characters using they/them pronouns. One was fine, two I had to drop because I kept having to double take what I read. As you said, half the US can barely read. Some of those people are authors. If they can’t communicate their ideas, then the language is failing. English needs to be (or rather, will end up being) usable by everyone, and if anything, you implying that I’m not intelligent enough to use “they” right proves my point.
You you think those people benefit from not having a non-gendered, singular pronoun they can use? Because those people are the ones who determine how language use used.
My problem isn’t with people picking that as a pronoun. For all I care, someone could pick something straight out of Who’s on First and I’d use it. My problem is that there is a single “accepted” non-binary set of pronouns, and it overlaps with the only plural set. If “they” is the word someone is most comfortable with, so be it. At the same time, it shouldn’t be, effectively, the only option.
I’ve read a few books featuring non-binary characters using they/them pronouns. One was fine, two I had to drop because I kept having to double take what I read. As you said, half the US can barely read. Some of those people are authors. If they can’t communicate their ideas, then the language is failing. English needs to be (or rather, will end up being) usable by everyone, and if anything, you implying that I’m not intelligent enough to use “they” right proves my point.