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14 Dec 2020, 8:53 am

Mountain Goat wrote:

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If Blair White wasn't famous, would anyone really know her sex? I don't think so.

I have no idea who Blair is. I am still working out what a pro noun is.

Evidently she's not famous enough. :wink:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaire_White

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14 Dec 2020, 8:58 am

auntblabby wrote:

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I am still working out what a pro noun is.

the opposite of an anti noun?

Noob noun.

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14 Dec 2020, 10:20 am

i'll stick with amateur nouns then.

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14 Dec 2020, 10:23 am

Mountain Goat wrote:

Pro noun....
Noun is a naming word.

A pro noun... Uhmm. Pro = professional.

A professional name like a doctor?

From wiktionary:
"From prō (“instead of”) + nōmen (“name; in grammar: noun (sensu lato)”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía)"

So "pro" in this case means "instead of".
Interestingly, its relation to ἀντωνυμία: ἀντί (anti: "against") + ὄνυμα (ōnuma: "name") means that it is a calque of a word that also exists as a loanword in english: antonym. Language is weird.
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14 Dec 2020, 10:30 am

These days, I just let it slide if people misgender me. There's no use in me getting to the point with those people. That will only hurt them and I don't believe in making people feel like crap.

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14 Dec 2020, 1:23 pm

League_Girl wrote:

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auntblabby wrote:

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Like they were trying to start a fight. The thing is, because I am a cis-male, being referred to with a feminine pronoun is easily recognized as a low form of harassment by employers, lawyers, and judges, and will likely result in a swift dismissal of a co-worker.

This is why trans people call it violence and hate speech when you misgender them and refuse to use their pronouns.

This is hate speech and violence? Ok.

how would you feel if people kept calling you "missus"?

I've had people brandish a sword at me, threaten to kill me, physically attack me, So someone calling me a"missus" is the last of my worries. These are the same people who are going after the word"Master". This isn't about fair treatment. This is about wanting to control the status Quo and force everyone to conform their views. In fact, They are turning on each other as we speak.

Okay ma'am. :wink:

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14 Dec 2020, 1:35 pm

It uses the proper pronouns or it gets the hose.

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14 Dec 2020, 5:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:

Mountain Goat wrote:

I am still working out what a pro noun is.

the opposite of an anti noun?

The "pro" means "instead of" instead of "in favor of".

But then...what do they call the sayings of Confucius, and of Jesus, etc?

They call them "proverbs".

So there are proverbs and pronouns.

So ...is a "proverb" something subs for an action word?

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