On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:40:27 -0500 Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org> wrote: > The important thing is to not assume someone's preferred pronouns > without knowing them. Singular they isn't your only option; I also > happen to like Spivak pronouns: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun
The problem here is that I'd be suprised if many people have even heard about these. I used to play MUDs quite a bit and have /never/ heard any of those. They are certainly not a part of common usage, and I'd say should be avoided for something more standard (them et al). It's a nice idea, but overall seems like it would cause confusion, and probably more than a few "Hey, there is a typo in the manual"-type bugs than anything. At least, if I picked up a random bit of documentation and saw things like "e" used constantly, I'd assume it was a typo and not some archaic gender-neutral pronoun.
