The singular 'they' 2015 Word of the Year

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American Dialect Society anointed the singular they 2015 Word of the Year 


Most non-binary people do not feel it is appropriate for people to refer to them as he or she.
Various new pronouns have been proposed, including xie and xir, zie and zir and sie and hir.
Where using a subject’s preferred pronoun is not possible, TMW recommends using the singular they.

(Reading around the subject I see that in January, members of the 127-year-old American Dialect Society anointed the singular they 2015 Word of the Year.)

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Yes, It's about time!

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This is a good thing for those that it bothers. But it doesn't bother me though. Never really has.

I do find that I am getting called Sir less than ever before though. Maybe it is ?????? I don't really know. But where I live people call older generations MR and Miss and then their first name. On the phone with my name they really don't know what to call me and it seems to kill them. If the do call me Mister Jamie or Miss Jamie I correct them with leaving the mister and miss shit out because I'm just Jamie. I'm not that god damn old just yet.

If I'm dressed femme then I preferred to be called ma'am, she and her and if I am dressed masculine then it doesn't bother me in the least to be called sir, he and him. I mean people are fucked up in society enough. The way I see it, why fuck them up anymore. If they see a guy in jeans and Tshirt and call me sir ( well depending on if its one of my cute little high short sleeve t shirts) then no harm no foul. If I am dressed in women's jeans wearing high wedges or some cute sandals and wearing a feminine top with my hair fixed and large hoops in full on makeup and you call me ma'am, that is OK too.

But even now it seems dressed masculine with my brows, bangs, bob, earrings and the other jewelry I wear I seem to confuse people and they just say thank you. Not to mention that mascara is hard to take off and I have no desire to pull hard enough to pull my lashes out. Hell they are long naturally and I like the "tarantula" look so use a lot of it. Same with the eyeliner, I don't want to scrub so hard with Noxzema makeup remover to make my eyelids red. Eyebrow pencil no problem though. Soap and water takes care of that and then I have prominent lashes and eyeliner with lighter thinner brows.  so I usually have remenants or really light mascara and eyeliner left. Why should I really care anyway? Like I said people are already fucked up enough and I fuck them up even more it seems.

What is in a name anyway? People are either gonna' be respectful or assholes to you. Some may just be ignorant and have no idea that they are insulting you. I tend to look over these people as being older and too set in their ways. Remember the old saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks and I wouldn't want anyone getting pissed and my grandma or grandpa for not really understanding. They can't help it but we can. Even being trans it took me a while to get over using ma'am and sir. Now I just say thank you and so on.

I got a really good idea. How about using the person's name? Asking their name and using myself as an example, "Thank you for shopping with us Jamie." It puts a name to me instead of a label. It's way more personal and interactive as human beings and since most service employees wear name tags or tell you their names when asking if you need help then it is a touche' type thing. It actually makes me a person instead of a check number, banking card number or credit card number.

I personally would rather hear someone say. "Jamie is such a sweet person." Instead of "They are a sweet person." They makes me feel fat or like I have multiple personality syndrome or something.