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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 7442499" data-attributes="member: 57112">As fascinating as this is, the world is composed of few grammarians and etymologists, professional or otherwise. I'd wager for the vast majority of the English-speaking world, pronouns are just words, like all the other words. Heck, I'd wager that there's a small but not insignificant chunk of that population that couldn't tell you the difference. Language changes all the time, and we often develop new words to describe new phenomena. Hell, there's a solid sliver of the English language, like 1500 words (both new words and new uses/conjugations of old words), we can accurately attribute the invention of to one man (William Shakespeare).There is really no reason or principle to stand on to resist adopting new words in order to respect the identities of others. Unless one is deliberate in not ascribing to a theory of multiple genders or the existence of a gender spectrum, and therefore there must be something wrong with those who attempt to break free of the gender binary. Which is definitely a position. And honestly, it's one that I wish more people would be upfront about rather than hiding behind Strunk & White.For those that are genuinely interested in treating non-gender-conforming individuals with respect and dignity, I found this helpful flowchart that really gets to the root of how simple this really is:[ATTACH]98388[/ATTACH]</blockquote>