Ninnu
21 years old
Studying Business Economics
Likes to sing


Things I like a lot right now:

Japan, anime, manga & cosplay ♥
Magic Knight Rayearth ♥
BBC's Sherlock ♥



 

it's called the assripper: How to refer to people with different genders

assripper:

tarblood:

girl / boy / not known or something in between 

English:            she / he / them (hir, but it’s unofficial)

Swedish:  
         hon / han / hen (is this official?)

Finnish:             hän / hän / hän

Welcome to Finland, folks who hate gender pronouns. We treat you all with same word: hän.

Why are so many languages so hard with all those gender stuffs? We can even call people “it” in Finnish and it’s okay. 

(Smell the fact that I’m annoyed. If I did mistakes, well please correct me okay?)

I tried to explain this to some professors when they were assessing my graphic novel (because it’s gender identity themed and the pronouns have a role in it) and they just didn’t get it. They kept on asking if hän is like “it”, and wouldn’t understand that no, it’s not, hän simply refers to a person - male, female or anything between or beyond - and no, there are no gender-specific pronouns in Finnish at all.

Actually, it’s considered kind of rude to emphasize a person’s gender when you’re talking about them. If you specifically mention someone’s male or female while making a point, people will assume you think the person’s gender is somehow relevant to that point, and that easily makes you sound misogynist or misandrist.

(Source: angelsexuality)

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    This. I’ve always wondered what the hell do people need gender pronouns for, we’re doing absolutely fine without them....
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    reblogging for linguistic bonerjams. also because I speak finnish. I never use hän though, I say “it” all the time.
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    Girl / Boy / ??? she/ he / them (hir [unofficial]) hon / han / hen [unofficial I think] hän / hän / hän Welcome to...
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