Zaimki/locale/en/pronouns/pronouns.tsv

1	key	description	normative	pronoun_subject	pronoun_object	possessive_determiner	possessive_pronoun	reflexive	plural	pluralHonorific	pronounceable	history	sources
2	he,he/him	Masculine	TRUE	he	him	his	his	himself	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE		leftHand,elliotPage2
3	she,she/her	Feminine	TRUE	she	her	her	hers	herself	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE		ancillaryJustice,thousandsProtestPoland
4	they,they/them	Singular “they”	TRUE	they	them	their	theirs	themselves	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	Singular “they” has been used in English to describe an unspecified person since the late 1300s (it's even older than singular “you”!). Nowadays, it's the most popular choice among people who prefer gender neutral forms. It starts being {https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they=accepted by dictionaries} too.	billions,sheRa,comedyOfErrors,deGrassiNext,bookstoreEndAmerica,intervention,starWarsLastShot,mariekeLucas,kacenCallender,starTrekDiscovery,samSmith,asiaKateDillon,starTrekDiscovery2
5	it,it/its	Personal “it”	TRUE	it	it	its	its	itself	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	Although “it” is normally used for objects, not people, some actually do like being called that way. If someone wants you to call it “it”, it's not offensive – it's actually respectful. But remember that it/its pronouns have a history of transphobic use, so only with people who explicitly wish it.	arcaIs
6	e,e/em/eir	Spivak pronouns	FALSE	e|i	em|ɛm	eir|ɛɹ	eirs|ɛɹz	emself|ɛmsɛlf	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	Coined by Michael Spivak in 1990 for his manual <em>The Joy of TeX</em> to avoid gendering people in the examples.	theJoy,provenane,bogiTakacsAbout,maiaKobabeAbout
7	ey,ey/em	Elverson pronouns	FALSE	ey|eɪ	em|ɛm	eir|ɛɹ	eirs|ɛɹz	emself|ɛmsɛlf	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	{https://research.cristanwilliams.com/2012/02/24/1975-transgender-cross-gender/=Coined by Christine M. Elverson} in 1975 for a contest to create an alternative to the singular {/they=they}. Those forms are created by dropping “th” from “they”.	cageZeus
8	per,per/per	Person pronouns	FALSE	per|pəɹ	per|pəɹ	per|pəɹ	pers|pəɹz	perself|pəɹsɛlf	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	Coined by John Clark in an issue of the <em>Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association</em> in 1972, derived from the word “person”.	womanOn
9	ve,ve/ver	Neopronoun “ve/ver”	FALSE	ve|vi	ver|vəɹ	vis|viz	vers|vəɹz	verself|vəɹsɛlf	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE	Used eg. by Greg Egan in <em>Distress</em> (1995) and <em>Diaspora</em> (1998), and by Keri Hulme in <em>The Bone People</em> (1984).	distress,steelBreeze
10	ze,ze/hir	Neopronoun “ze/hir”	FALSE	ze	hir	hir	hirs	hirself	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE		differentlyAnimated,prefaceTo,buckingThe
11	zhe,zhe/zher	Neopronoun “zhe/zher”	FALSE	zhe	zher	zher	zhers	zherself	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE		starWarsAftermath