Current Events > 'All these new pronouns are changing the language'

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Hwt. We Gardena in geardagum,
eodcyninga, rym gefrunon,
hu a elingas ellen fremedon.

The English language is always in flux.

Mad props if you recognised what thats from without using google.


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My ex and I used to joke that once I'm tenured I should get hwt tattooed on my knuckles to celebrate. Still might lmao. So yeah I know what it's from.

But yeah, it's always been a stupid argument on their parts.

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"Y" in Ye Olde Shoppe is actually not the letter "why" but a completely different letter pronounced "th"

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i feel like i've never seen anyone make this argument, ever

speak american motherfucker

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My mistress has that tattooed on her moose knuckle

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Is this a verse from old latin bible

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Solo_Wing posted...

Is this a verse from old latin bible

It's from Beowulf. That's Old English, not Latin
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Yeah, it makes me chuckle when people act like languages never change

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Winrawr posted...

i feel like i've never seen anyone make this argument, ever

It's an argument that multiple people on this board have attempted to make.

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There's not really a reason to complicate things. She, he, and singular they are the only pronouns that are necessary.

If you walk back into the room and ask where a nonbinary acquaintance went, you'll never hear me reply, "Xe went out to xis car."

FortuneCookie posted...

There's not really a reason to complicate things. She, he, and singular they are the only pronouns that are necessary.

her, him, hers, his, my, me, them, I, you, their, theirs, it, its, we, our, ours, whom, whose

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That and how words constantly get new meanings, but people like to hang onto the old ones for dear life.

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FortuneCookie posted...

There's not really a reason to complicate things. She, he, and singular they are the only pronouns that are necessary.

If you walk back into the room and ask where a nonbinary acquaintance went, you'll never hear me reply, "Xe went out to xis car."

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Gwynevere posted...

FortuneCookie posted...

There's not really a reason to complicate things. She, he, and singular they are the only pronouns that are necessary.

If you walk back into the room and ask where a nonbinary acquaintance went, you'll never hear me reply, "Xe went out to xis car."

Dammit, why did I try to click the X
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Shezarr posted...

her, him, hers, his, my, me, them, I, you, their, theirs, it, its, we, our, ours, whom, whose

https://i.imgur.com/x0Iw5ji.mp4

mobilebloechel posted...

Not trying to be snide, but why would you get hwt tattooed on you? Do you know what it means?

Yes? And because I love languages/linguistics and old english

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mobilebloechel posted...

Shezarr posted...

My ex and I used to joke that once I'm tenured I should get hwt tattooed on my knuckles to celebrate. Still might lmao. So yeah I know what it's from.

But yeah, it's always been a stupid argument on their parts.

Not trying to be snide, but why would you get hwt tattooed on you? Do you know what it means?

You're saying this as if it means something bad. It doesn't.
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mobilebloechel posted...

It means nothing on its own, it's not an interjection. It needs to be part of the entire sentence or it means...nothing. it's just a sound technically.

Edit: essentially its like getting the sound of a whistle tattooed on you.

Cool story bro

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mobilebloechel posted...

I don't know why I try to teach anyone here anything. Get your tattoo dude and you do you.

That's what I'm going to do. I don't give a fuck what some rando on gamefaqs thinks about my tattoo ideas, and I don't subscribe to the idea that tattoos need to have some deep meaning. I also probably know more about Old English and linguistics than you do.

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ArianaGrandSlam posted...

wow Shezarr is really just being a dumb combative shit about languages lately huh

How do you look at this topic and think he's the one in the wrong lmao
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Incel gamers:
you cant just make up new pronouns!

also incel gamers:
okay so at the top are the alpha plus chads, then below that are the alpha negatives, followed by beta cucks. Down the line are gamma dudes but those arent so bad. At the bottom are the omega incels who

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Someone is incredibly upset

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HylianFox posted...

Yeah, it makes me chuckle when people act like languages never change

I like to make this joke when I butcher a word and someone has to point out that its not a real word

Shakespeare made up words all the time and nobody gave him shit about it.

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Shezarr posted...

Someone is incredibly upset

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