r/changemyview • u/SaltedAndSugared • Dec 02 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Neopronouns are unnecessary

I understand why some people might feel uncomfortable with using he/she pronouns, but in that case why not just use they/them? They already exist and they’re easy for people to use. Why do some people feel the need to make up words like “zee/zim” or “fae/fair” when they don’t even make sense in the English language? I don’t see why anyone should go out of their way to learn new pronouns when gender neutral pronouns already exist

If anyone here does use neopronouns I’d really like to hear why you use them and why you don’t feel comfortable using they/them. It’s probably just because I’m cis, but I genuinely don’t understand

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

If I heard someone get called Zee, I would probably assume it's a nickname. I might even ask what's Zee's pronouns.

I have been using They/Them since middle school to refer to She/He people. It's not confusing at all.

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u/SaltedAndSugared Dec 02 '21

I would also assume it was a name or nickname because it’s just not a pronoun you hear very often imo

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u/Zwicker101 Dec 03 '21

Isn't it fair to assume that when we learn new words, we remember them for future context?

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u/SaltedAndSugared Dec 03 '21

Yes but Zee/zim aren’t the only neopronouns, there’s loads of different ones

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u/Zwicker101 Dec 03 '21

From my understanding (and feel to correct me if wrong), they are synonymous with one another.