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elizabeth · 1274 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Royal Spanish Academy added the gender-neutral pronoun "elle" to its Word Observatory, paving the way for later addition to the official dictionary
Would "Ello" be kind of like "it" in english? I don't speak Spanish, just wondering what would make it rude. In French, the gender neural pronoun is iel (pronounced yell) but to me just reminds me of the year 2010 pop star Yelle: Maybe i just need to spend time with french speaking gender neutral peeps to get used to it? They in english flows pretty naturally IMO.
Kind of like "it", yes. It is rude because it is used for objects or concepts, not living things, so it is kind of dehumanizing. That said, I don't know people who identify themselves as gender neutral so I don't know how they want others to address them.