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[–] Vipsu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Finnish language there are no gender specific pronouns only gender neutral one hän/hänen.

They/them still sounds weird to use even if I know it can be used to refer single person. When talking or writing fast I'll still often accidentally default to using he/him even for females which I then have to correct.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In my language everything little word is gendered so everything you talk about is bound by it. It's extremely confusing thinking or understanding how to describe something in terms "non-gendered".

I really am supportive of all the changes needed in the world, but the use of "they" is very confusing in a singular form for people who don't have it as first language and concepts and everything was learned by mapping stuff to other language, so please invent some word for it and go with it. It's already strange and always difficult understanding the usage of "you" in singular vs plural and formal or not speech.

I really wish my language also had gender neutral pronouns, it just sound so much simpler and better.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

please invent some word for it and go with it

There ~~is~~ are more than one word. It's going to take quite some time until agreement on the use will distill and become accepted, though.