non-gender specific pronouns

I’m trying to use ‘them’ and ‘they’ but realise it’s not grammatically acceptsble if there’s only one ‘them’ 😮

Struggling with this. V instead of him or her? What about his and hers?
So -She is washing her hair but he doesn't care, becomes
Hir is washing V hair but hir doesn't care.?
Bit confusing isn't it?

Well it’s trying to resolve an issue isn’t it - bit like when Ms came into the language. I remember the baby books I had when DD was born and dear old Penelope Leach scandalised many by assuming the baby was a girl and used the female pronoun throughout.

And funnily enough, lots of the babies ( about half) actually were😄

Sounds confusing to me. I think I'll stick with 'they', regardless of the ( IMO outdated) argument that it is incorrect.

What’s a load of old tosh

Who decided on those words?

V isn't a word, it's a letter

V looks decidedly female to me.

So -She is washing her hair but he doesn't care, becomes Hir is washing V hair but hir doesn't care.?

But V is the object pronoun, whereas in your example it is being used as a possessive pronoun. I don't think that can be right - as you say trisher what about his/her/hers.

MissAdventure

I’m sorry but total load of rubbish. I’m not subscribing to this in any way shape or form.

Mx is a choice of title at our bank. I am happy with Mrs.

is it just me who is ?

and doesn't care?
I will call someone what they wish to be called

I know Bathsheba and I made a mistake with vir and hir as well, so it has me totally confused. Think I'll just forget about it- I'm getting good at that!

Good plan trisher. Think I'll join you

It all sounds like Norse to me!

Sounds like something from Ikea.

I have enough trouble when V is used instead of versus! I spend enough time grumbling when hearing which teams are competing without worrying about 'non-gender specific pronouns'. It could all get so confusing.

An infant teacher tells me she was told not to address her pupils as "boys and girls" because this would discriminate against transgender and bisexual children!

Really?

I remember reading a baby care book where "he" and "she" were used alternately in referring to the baby. You might end up with "when she is hungry feed him." (Not an actual quote - this was some time ago.)

Any nonsense to distract the masses from the really important things going on in the world. O M G. First world problems.

Are you sure your grandchild isn't pulling your leg?!