The problem with pronouns : memes

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Back in my day, pronoun't.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 21 points 3 months ago

Way back when, yet still in memory, there were no pronouns.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

"there" is a pronoun in your example. You're saying "pronouns were not there" in a ye-olden format, and "there" is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time).

'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago

Nice!

[Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

I'm not a native speaker, but wouldn't it be an adverb?

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there

depends on the use, but in this situation I'm leaning towards definition #2

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Wait till they find out about Spanish

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

No nos hacen falta tantos pronombres porque conjugamos los verbos :)

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Y todos los estudiantes de español tienen problemas con eso. (Al menos que ya hablen una idioma similar....)

Pero los estoy aprendiendo.... lentamente.

[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Ape together strong

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Imo mocking the term they use ("pronouns") harms the cause. Mocking incorrect usage of the word doesn't do anything but provoke eye rolling. They don't mean literally all pronouns and they know we know. Mocking them like this just gives them an easy out and makes uncertain readers feel like they're not being taken seriously, thereby pushing them towards the right.

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

I disagree

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Last time no have pronoun

[-] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Is "my" considered a pronoun though ? Genuine question

[-] dillekant@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 months ago

Boo. This is the left version of the attack helicopter meme.

[+] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -7 points 3 months ago

In my day there wasn’t pronouns…?

[-] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Back then, pronouns didn't exist

[+] Kingsjack123@lemmy.zip -35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[-] Hope@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

As to not having neopronouns "back in my day", a lot of neopronouns are surprisingly old. Ze is from the 1860s, hir from the 1920s. Even relatively new ones like xe have been around since the early 70s.

And they may be pointless for you, but they're valuable to some people so why be rude about it?

[-] Luvon@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

Pray tell, which ones are pointless?

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