{"id":4564,"date":"2011-01-20T03:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/01\/20\/i-heart-fandiyaaru-kakuni-the-need-for-a\/"},"modified":"2011-01-20T03:48:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:48:42","slug":"i-heart-fandiyaaru-kakuni-the-need-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/01\/20\/i-heart-fandiyaaru-kakuni-the-need-for-a\/","title":{"rendered":"I Heart Fan’diyaaru Kakuni: The Need for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Heart Fan’diyaaru Kakuni: The Need for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun<\/a><\/p>\n

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fandiyaarukakuni<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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What is a gender-neutral pronoun? What does English need a new pronoun for, anyway? Many<\/span><\/a> people<\/span><\/a> have<\/span><\/a> expressed<\/span><\/a> the need for a singular gender-neutral third-person pronoun: that is, a pronoun to use when someone\u2019s gender is unknown or when the individual is neither male or female….<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Heart Fan’diyaaru Kakuni: The Need for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun fandiyaarukakuni: What is a gender-neutral pronoun? What does English need a new pronoun for, anyway? Many people have expressed the need for a singular gender-neutral third-person pronoun: that is, a pronoun to use when someone\u2019s gender is unknown or when the individual is neither male […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1bC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3044,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/05\/02\/gender-knockers-the-function-of-a-doors\/","url_meta":{"origin":4564,"position":0},"title":"gender knockers The function of\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"May 2, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"gender knockers The function of a door\u2019s threshold is to provide access as well as to keep a dwelling safe. 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