The problem with pronouns : memes

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Back in my day, pronoun't.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"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."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Nice!

[Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait till they find out about Spanish

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Ape together strong

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I disagree

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Last time no have pronoun

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Is "my" considered a pronoun though ? Genuine question

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

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

[+] [email protected] -8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

In my day there wasn’t pronouns…?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Back then, pronouns didn't exist

[+] [email protected] -36 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pray tell, which ones are pointless?

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