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[Henadic Theologian]

Gender-neutral Medieval titles.

• Apprentice, Journeyer (not Journeyman), Master (not Mistress), Grandmaster
• Sovereign or Monarch or Highness (not King or Queen or Emperor or Empress)
• Czar
• Noble (not Lord/Lady, Duke/Dutchess)
• Knight or Honorable (not sire/dame, sir/madam)
• Fine folk (not "ladies and gentlemen"), with a flourish "all fine folk assembling here"
• Head of household (not "man/lady of the house")
• Chief
• Officer
• Divinity (not God)
• immortal (not god or goddess)
• Priest (not priestess), Pope (not popess)
• Sorcerer (not sorceress)
• Enchanter (not enchantress)
• Witch (not warlock)
• Ancestor or Parent (not father or mother)
• Descendant or Child or Progeny or Scion (not son or daughter)
• Sibling or Sib (not brother/sister, bro/sis)
• Cousin or Cuz (probably refer to aunt and uncle as "cousins", exact meaning of distant relations starts getting confusing anyway)
• Chieftain (probably better than patriarch/matriarch of a clan, large extended family)

I particular like Sovereign so King/Queen/Sovereign.

 

[Steampunkette]

My personal short rant: I am seeing bias in certain things, and feeling frustrated at how differential rules are being applied.

Most nouns in French have genders including tables and chairs. Also in Spanish, Italian, Russian, a significant number of major European languages, making English the outlier.

Spanish, Italian, and French are all Romance Languages... As in descended from Roman. Or Latin. Which had the obsessive fixation on gender. Which is -why- so many Spanish, Italian, and French words have gender.

German is the major european language group (Specifically German and English, but also most of Northern Europe as well) which uses at least 3 genders for nouns. Usually through the article-application of der, die, and das.

As far as Russian and other Slavic Languages... I fear you're wrong. While it's true that it contains many masculine and feminine nouns, gender neutral nouns tend to end in -o, -e, or -ё.

And that's not even getting into the -rest- of the world...

 

[Weiley31]

I have a problem with the inclusive "they", because sometimes the difference between a singular or plural referent matters to make a meaningful sentence.

I get ya, but IIRC, the Dictionary states that "They" can be used as both Singular and Plural.

 

[Gradine]

Singular "they" has actually been around for a very long time (longer than the singular "you"). If it's good enough for Dickens, Shakespeare, Austin, etc., it's good enough for you.

Do we really have to have this conservation? Again? It's almost halfway through 2021 already. Get with the frakking program already.

 

[imagineGod]

Spanish, Italian, and French are all Romance Languages... As in descended from Roman. Or Latin. Which had the obsessive fixation on gender. Which is -why- so many Spanish, Italian, and French words have gender.

German is the major european language group (Specifically German and English, but also most of Northern Europe as well) which uses at least 3 genders for nouns. Usually through the article-application of der, die, and das.

As far as Russian and other Slavic Languages... I fear you're wrong. While it's true that it contains many masculine and feminine nouns, gender neutral nouns tend to end in -o, -e, or -ё.

And that's not even getting into the -rest- of the world...

You are wrong about Russian and Slavic languages, in that they are even more gendered than the Romance languages of French, Italian (low Latin), and Spanish.

In Russian, your very name changes it is is traditionally Russian depending on whether you interact with a masculine or feminine in-animate object. Even English names change but less strict than for traditional Russian names. Basically, the name becomes transformed into a masculine or feminine form based on what object it holds.

 

[Morrus]

If the owner of a green Ford Escort is in the store, would they please come to the customer service desk.

Whichever one of you did this, they'd better own up right now!

Yep, looks pretty singular to me. This conversation doesn't need to be had yet again. They is singular whether people like it or not.

 

[imagineGod]

Some female leaders actually preferred the title King to Queen interestingly.

That may be but the preponderance of strong female leaders in Europe especially, was predominantly Queen. None of the other titles have the same historic power behind the title, not even Empress.

 

[Imaculata]

Yep, looks pretty singular to me. This conversation doesn't need to be had yet again. They is singular whether people like it or not.

Hey, they started it.

 

[Faolyn]

If the owner of a green Ford Escort is in the store, would they please come to the customer service desk.

Whichever one of you did this, they'd better own up right now!

Yep, looks pretty singular to me. This conversation doesn't need to be had yet again. They is singular whether people like it or not.

It's when you get a singular they and a plural are together that it gets slightly weird. I mean, I use they as a singular, no prob, but it still annoys my pedantic little soul to say things like they are a 12th-level wizard. And you can't say they is; that's even worse.

 

[Yaarel]

I get ya, but IIRC, the Dictionary states that "They" can be used as both Singular and Plural.

Even a simple sentence like:

"When a citizen helps them, they grow from the experience."

Completely unclear.