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===Fae===
===Fae===


'''fae, faer, faer, faers, faerself'''. A fairy (faery, faerie, fey or Fair Folk) themed set created by Ciel (Tumblr user shadaras) in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 October 2013|title=So I might possibly have spent today on and off prodding pronouns...|url=https://shadaras.tumblr.com/post/62865192916}}</ref> It may also have been independently coined earlier by someone else. This is the most commonly used [[nounself pronouns|nounself pronoun]] set, and it may have been created earlier than them. It may have been what inspired many people to create nounself pronouns in 2014. A similar fairy-themed set is '''fey, fey, feys, feys, feyself''', which was recorded in 2014,<ref name="askanonbinary general">[http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/general Ask A Nonbinary's list of unthemed pronouns], captured March 2016</ref> of unknown origin. Additionally, as coined by Esrabane in 2019 (discord user esrabane#6026) '''fey, feyr, feyrself'''. Further evidence shows use of fey, feyr, feyrself in 2018 by Kallifrey (discord user 物の哀れ#1760).
'''fae, faer, faer, faers, faerself'''. A fairy (faery, faerie, fey or Fair Folk) themed set created no later than 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/643657043304153088/on-faefaer-pronouns-and-cultural-appropriation|title=On fae/faer pronouns and cultural appropriation|date=2021-02-20|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Gender Census Tumblr}}</ref> The set ''fae/vaer/vaers/vaerself'' was also created by Ciel (Tumblr user shadaras) in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 October 2013|title=So I might possibly have spent today on and off prodding pronouns...|url=https://shadaras.tumblr.com/post/62865192916}}</ref> This is the most commonly used [[nounself pronouns|nounself pronoun]] set. A similar fairy-themed set is '''fey, fey, feys, feys, feyself''', which was recorded in 2014,<ref name="askanonbinary general">[http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/general Ask A Nonbinary's list of unthemed pronouns], captured March 2016</ref> of unknown origin. <!-- Additionally, as coined by Esrabane in 2019 (discord user esrabane#6026) '''fey, feyr, feyrself'''. Further evidence shows use of fey, feyr, feyrself in 2018 by Kallifrey (discord user 物の哀れ#1760). --><!-- Commented out because we don't have the {{cite}} template here apparently, and these assertions need citations! --Cassolotl, 2021-02-20 -->


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