As for those “ey” and “eir” pronouns, I find them not just extremely ugly, but also a very annoying obstruction while reading.
Is it worth working to eliminate that negative reaction?
For what it’s worth, alternate pronouns don’t bother me. I don’t love them—I’ve never wanted to use alternate pronouns—but I just treat them like new vocabulary in science fiction (deduce meaning from context) and proceed.
Is it worth working to eliminate that negative reaction?
For what it’s worth, alternate pronouns don’t bother me. I don’t love them—I’ve never wanted to use alternate pronouns—but I just treat them like new vocabulary in science fiction (deduce meaning from context) and proceed.
Oh? “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.”
I kid.