Remember last October when the ACLU celebrated International Pronouns Day by having staffers pose for pictures holding up signs bearing their preferred pronouns. Most were pretty traditional, but there was one “they” in the crowd. Dictionary.com got in on the action too by explaining that’s it’s OK to use “they” to refer to one person.
Ahem. It's #PronounsDay. Here's what the grammar gods have to say about they. https://t.co/nQcNSg5BCg
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) October 17, 2018
We’re about a month away from International Pronouns Day, but the ACLU is pretty jazzed that Merriam-Webster has added “they” as a nonbinary pronoun to its dictionary.
The nonbinary pronoun 'they' has been added to the dictionary. https://t.co/tadl1VdfB0
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 17, 2019
FINALLY.
4 — used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary (see NONBINARY sense c)
I knew certain things about … the person I was interviewing.… They had adopted their gender-neutral name a few years ago, when they began to consciously identify as nonbinary — that is, neither male nor female. They were in their late 20s, working as an event planner, applying to graduate school.
There, now you have no excuse. https://t.co/UFoTjdhNMB
— ACLU (@ACLU) September 17, 2019
Science is my excuse.
— Grover Dill ?☠️ (@grover_lou) September 19, 2019
I have free speech so I have every excuse.
— Dan Gainor (@dangainor) September 19, 2019
Remember the person who argued that it was actually transphobic not to put your preferred pronouns in your Twitter bio? We don’t buy that for a second, but presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro must have gotten word because they added pronouns to their Twitter bios. Maybe the moderators should ask at the next Democratic debate which candidates haven’t yet shared their pronouns.
Anyway, at least two dictionaries now say it’s fine to use “they” and “them” to refer to an individual, so get to it.
Wow game changer.
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) September 18, 2019
I don't care.
— Azrael (@xXxAzraelxXx) September 17, 2019
Remember when the #ACLU wasn't the thought-police and instead fought for freedom?
Those were good times.
— Norman Young (@NormanGYoung) September 19, 2019
You used to be cool.
— ?The Amazing Critter Man?? (@The_Critter_Man) September 19, 2019
Remove nonpartisan from your bio.
— Not that frog (@ericTheFrog) September 19, 2019
Wow, it’s almost as if liberals control most media and create words at will.
— Tony Hrvatska ???? (@tonybalogna) September 18, 2019
The ACLU in support of compelled speech. I know you've been on a downward trajectory but still, never thought I'd see the day.
— George Quinn (@presuminggeorge) September 19, 2019
First I'll need a standard defintion for what it means to be non-binary in order to use this pronoun correctly. That should be easy, gender can be defined objectively, right?
— Joel Bridgewater (@CJoelBridge) September 19, 2019
Is it bad grammar or rude if I use a non binary pronoun for a binary person? Must revise several business email templates now.
— Grace Anderegg (@dergrexxie) September 18, 2019
— Dusty Mac (@DustyFnMac) September 17, 2019
Pass
— No not that Jay (@jasonmpage) September 19, 2019
Waiting to be hauled off in handcuffs for using the wrong pronoun. ?
— Wooferville (@LizzerMack) September 19, 2019
Now "they" have no excuse. So…which they am I referring to?
— marie rich (@rich_marie) September 18, 2019
Believe it or not…my thoughts, actions and words aren't controlled by what some woke folk put in a dictionary.
— Joe Tundra (@joedieseldodge) September 19, 2019
Believe it or not…my thoughts, actions and words aren't controlled by what some woke folk put in a dictionary.
— Joe Tundra (@joedieseldodge) September 19, 2019
Only issue is I STILL don't actually care.
— Shidinglfet (@Shidinglfet59) September 18, 2019
You’ll be made to care soon enough.
Related:
If you think you don’t need to put your preferred pronouns in your bio, that’s transphobia https://t.co/anxwHvGYGk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 23, 2019
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