Just a question but as someone who's nullpronominal / uses no pronouns, I'm wondering why "use name as pronouns" and "no pronouns" were split in the pronoun polls?
I + the other nullpronominal people I know all consider ourselves both (since we usually have to phrase it as "no pronouns, please just use my name if you refer to me!" for people to understand) so we're just a little curious about the split there.
Or am I just totally misreading this and it's about using a name as a pronoun set? (e.g. emily/emily's/emilyself)
In previous big annual surveys I've combined "use name as pronouns" and "avoid pronouns" into one checkbox option, including this year.
But I have always wondered whether technically they're the same option or not. I've learned in the past that combining two almost-identical options is sometimes unexpectedly Trouble, for one. And also, I can sort of see how the two are very subtly different, if I think about it too much:
"Avoid pronouns" is when you refer to someone by name and then, in all speech where you would use a pronoun, you sneakily avoid pronouns somehow.
"Chris said his sister liked her birthday present" --> "Chris said his sibling liked the birthday present"
"This is Chris! He likes zebras" --> "This is Charlie, who likes zebras"
"Use name as pronoun" is when you substitute in someone's name in any place where you would have used a pronoun.
"Chris bought a coffee for himself and one for his friend Sadie" --> "Alex bought a coffee for Alex and one for Alex's friend Sadie"
Or, as you said, that could well use "Alexself" as the reflexive, nounself style.
So, perhaps this is the start of me investigating whether there is a difference, and whether anyone prefers one but not the other. (Then I can decide whether to split them in the big annual survey.)
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