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English neutral pronouns: Difference between revisions

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'''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/ze http://pronoun.is/ze]
'''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/ze http://pronoun.is/ze]
===Zey===
'''zey/zem/zeir''' is a pronoun set following the pattern of ''they/them/theirs'', but with the letter Z in place of TH.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/employees-and-payroll/new-employee-set-up-for-getting-his-paystub-emailed/00/283925|author=dolphinnetwork|date=December 27, 2019|title=Comment on "New employee set up for getting his paystub emailed"|quote=I personally think it's time for English to have a singular non-gendered pronoun, and suggest contracts and manuals use "Zey/Zem/Zeir"  (Zey will need to sign up to receive paystubs zeirself, but if no email was sent to zem automatically the payroll accountant can send it to zem.)}}</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/user/Earl_The_Red/ Reddit profile of u/Earl_The_Red showing use of zey/zem/zeir pronouns]</ref>
'''Use for real nonbinary people:'''
*Writer and advocate [[Chris Paige]] uses zey/zem/zeir in addition to they/them/their. The "zey" pronoun set was suggested by zeir daughter to avoid singular/plural confusion.<ref name="BibleBash">{{Cite web |title=Enuchs and Jesus and Pronouns, Oh My! Mx Chris Paige -- Matthew 19 |author1=Hooper, Liam |author2=Toscano, Peterson |work=The Bible Bash Podcast |date=September 28, 2019 |access-date=July 14, 2020 |url= https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/climate-stew/e/64218290}}</ref>


===Zie===
===Zie===
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