[pl] minor changes to /english
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The main difference is that English has singular “they”,
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while Polish doesn't yet have any normative form that would fit better.
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That's why English “it” is niche,
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while Polish neuter is one of the most popular choices among nonbinary people,
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while Polish neuter is one of the most popular choices among nonbinary people
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(including ones who use "they" in English),
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in hopes of normalising the new usage.
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There's one more issue with neuter, though: it is neutral in nominative (the “who?”),
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That's why some enbies mix multiple forms, for instance using neuter verbs, yet feminine pronouns, etc.
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table: {ono: 'Neutrative', ono/jej: 'Neutrative with female declension'}
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name: 'Dukaisms'
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name: 'Neopronouns (dukaisms)'
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description:
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Those forms are neologisms, originally created for a science fiction novel
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{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Imperfection=Perfect Imperfection}
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by {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Dukaj=Jacek Dukaj} (hence their name).
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by {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Dukaj=Jacek Dukaj} (hence they are also known as “dukaisms”).
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It's a brand new grammatical gender used by post-human beings (phoebe) that don't have a specified gender.
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It's a consistent and relatively complete system, but for people who hear it for the first time,
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„{/oni=oni}” for male and mixed-gender groups, and „{/one=one}” for female groups
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(to oversimplify a lot).
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Still, whichever forms is chosen by a person, the plurality itself already points to them being nonbinary.
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Unlike the English “singular they”, which only requires changing the third person form,
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in Polish this requires plural forms to be used also in first and second person.
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In the case of first person, it might be perceived as something akin to the “royal we”.
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table: {oni: 'Male & mixed plurals', one: 'Female plurals'}
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name: 'Placeholder forms'
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