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[cangetmad]

Okay, let's do it. "No gendered pronouns" day is next Wednesday, 11th July.

Everyone taking part defines their own limits; everyone promises to post about how it's going/ how it went for them.

Poll No gendered pronouns day

Quick edit to add: here's the post for linking any write-ups of your experiences in taking part.

Comments

[lilitufire]

With the proviso that I might only speak to my bloke and some Japanese people, and gendered pronouns seem to be less important (boku and kanojo exist, but only when talking to people about other people in front of them)

[cangetmad]

Ha, we'll have you for diversity cover, and you can LJ about how it's less of a big deal when you're speaking Japanese.

[riarambles]

...and I was busy thinking that it would be impossible to do my job without using gendered pronouns, given that it's almost impossible to speak much Spanish without them. :)

[cangetmad]

Yeah, the thought occurred to me, too - Spanish is the contrast language used in the research for early vs late "revelation" of referent gender. Oh, and I note the person living in Germany hasn't opted in either :)

[glitterboy1]

That's interesting: Spanish in particular? Rather than, say, Italian?

[riarambles]

I think Italian and Spanish are about the same. It's a Romance language thing in general.

[glitterboy1]

Yes, that was my thought, too - and why I was surprised, if Spanish in particular tends to be used as a contrast.

[cangetmad]

It's just because much of the work has been done by a group of researchers in Spain - experimental artefact! But as a cobsequence, I always think of Spanish rather than another language.

[mollydot]

Without gendered pronouns? Can't you just drop the pronouns most of the time?