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== List of Neopronouns ==
There have been many instances of individuals creating new pronouns to refer to a singular gender-neutral individual over the past 200 years. Particularly, several neopronouns showed up in the mid-late 20th century. Many new neopronouns were created in the age of the internet, as the existence of non-binary Individuals became more widely known. While there is no way to list all possible neopronouns, this page attempts to list some of the most notable and most popular examples. Pronouns are listed in order of oldest to newest.
[[File:Thon thons.png|thumb|The thon/thons pronoun user flag ]]
=== Thon ===
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One of the first known instances of someone purposely creating a new gender-neutral pronoun set in English is that of American composer Charles Crozat Converse, who proposed the pronoun set thon/thons/thonself in 1858.<ref>https://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422</ref> It was based on a contraction of "that one." The ''thon'' pronoun was included in some dictionaries such as Webster's International Dictionary (1910), Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary (1913), and Webster's Second International (1959). The pronouns are not widely used in the present day. In the 2019 Gender Census, 18 (0.2%) individuals said that they were happy to be referred to as ''thon''.<ref name=":0">https://gendercensus.com/post/183832246805/gender-census-2019-the-full-report-worldwide</ref>
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In 1977, a version in which all forms starts with capital letters was independently created by psychologist Donald G. MacKay of the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1989 an identical version it was independently created by Victor J. Stone, Professor of Law.
[[File:Ae aer.png|thumb|The ae/aer pronoun user flag]]
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In his 1920 novel, ''A Voyage to Arcturus'', David Lindsay invented the ''ae'' pronoun set for an alien race, which were born from air and of a third sex. These pronouns are still somewhat well known on the internet.
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''Co'' was created by Mary Orovan in 1970. It is derived from the Indo-European ''*ko'', as an inclusive alternative to ''he'' or ''she''.<ref>http://www.english.illinois.edu/-people-/faculty/debaron/essays/epicene.htm</ref> Today, ''co'' is still used in some communities, such as in the legal policies of Twin Oaks in Virginia, which provides information on the pronoun in its visitor guide web page.<ref>https://www.twinoakscommunity.org/twinoaks-visits-60/visit-tour-intro</ref>
[[File:Ve vir.png|thumb|The vir/vir pronoun user flag]]
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* Predicative possessive: Xirs, xis, xers, or xeirs
* Reflexive: Xirself, xyrself, ximself, xymself, or xerself
[[File:Per pers.png|thumb|The per/pers pronoun user flag]]
=== Per (person pronouns) ===
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=== Ey (Elverson pronouns) ===
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It is unclear what sort of lexical agreement these pronouns would take. The pronouns can only be used as singular pronouns, so they could presumably be conjugated the same way as other singular pronoun sets (ie: "Ey ''was'' eating.") However, since these pronouns were based on the ''they'' set, it may feel more natural for English speakers to say "Ey ''were'' eating." It is unclear which conjugation was intended, so either can be used. Most other neopronouns based on "e" or "ey" face the same problem.
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=== Hu (humanist pronouns) ===
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Another version was possibly independently created by Kate Bornstein in the 1998 book ''My Gender Workbook''. This version uses ''ze'' (sometimes ''zie'' or ''sie'') and ''hir''. The most popular variation of these pronouns are based on this version and were created in 2013.
[[File:Fae faer.png|thumb|The fae/faer pronoun user flag]]
=== Fae ===
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Some may consider ''it'' to be a neopronoun when used for individuals, while others do not. On the one hand, ''it'' is a recognized pronoun in English; however, it is typically only used for inanimate objects. Being used to refer to individuals is not conventionally part of ''it''<nowiki/>'s usage.
[[File:One one's.png|thumb|The one/one's pronoun user flag]]
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The xe/xem flag and the it/its flag were designed by Tumblr user love-all-around1223 on April 14 and April 15, 2018, respectively.<ref>https://love-all-around1223.tumblr.com/post/172939520081/are-there-flags-for-pronouns</ref><ref>https://love-all-around1223.tumblr.com/post/172959084791/are-there-flags-for-pronouns</ref>
The ae/aer, ey/em, co/cos, ve/vir and thon/thons flags were designed by Tumblre user love-all-around1223 on June 17, 2021. <ref>https://mourningmogaicrew.tumblr.com/post/654242515400245248/specific-neopronoun-flags</ref> The per/pers, fae/faer, one/one's, hu/hum and e/em flags were designed by the same user on June 20, 2021. <ref>https://mourningmogaicrew.tumblr.com/post/654510105426083840/specific-neo-flags-part-2</ref>
== References ==
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