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Mar 18, 2015 11 years ago
Moyoleuhqui
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Pieta

I am currently writting the story of my genderless pet but I can't seem to find the right way to talk about my pet when telling their story.

A found a reference in wikipedia for "one" as a pronoun and I was wondering. How do you guys refer to your genderless pet?

English is clearly not my main so I don't even know if it sounds good because for me it doesn't.

This is a quote from a part of my story

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Small Kodama walked and walked until dawn and when one couldn&;t walk any more, one reclined against a dead old tree.


They call you cry baby, cry baby
But you don't freaking care

Mar 18, 2015 11 years ago
Princess
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"They" is a very good neutral pronoun to use for genderless pets as a whole, although some people do use one (one, oneself, etc) as a preferred pronoun!! I think it ultimately boils down to your pet's character -- there's quite a lot of different nonbinary pronouns you could use!!

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Mar 18, 2015 11 years ago
Katt
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Kaita

One doesnt seem right. I have recently typed up a legal document for work and they had she/he/it written in it alot. I found that "It" was not a very PC way of speaking about someone that doesn't want to or cannot identify as either gender. Upon looking on google myself it seems like "they" seems to be the accepted term to use

Small Kodama walked and walked until dawn and when they couldn't walk any more, they reclined against a dead old tree.

It sounds right to me

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Mar 18, 2015 11 years ago
Kestrel
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In the case of Kodama, you could always use "it" since I assume that gender doesn't exist for their spirit type. Otherwise, using they/their would be fine since it's gender-neutral and more respectful of different gender identities or a lack thereof.

Using "one" is more common in Europe, but I was under the impression that it typically replaced the word "you" during times when the speaker is voicing an opinion or addressing the general public. For example: "You should always give proper credit." becomes "One should always give proper credit."

I've seen used to describe someone who is non-binary before, but it sounds a little awkward here.

Hope that helped!

Mar 18, 2015 11 years ago
Moyoleuhqui
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Pieta

Thank you for the feedback!! I'll stick to they ❤️


They call you cry baby, cry baby
But you don't freaking care

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