A gender-neutral third-person pronoun has arisen spontaneously as a part of kids' slang in Baltimore
and it sounds(?) like it grew out of african american communities.
I fucking love language.
(Source: motherfuckerofbabylon, via qkazoo)
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SO COOL. I love, love, love slang—it’s so quick and adaptive and you can see the English language changing right before...
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For the bold. Yes.
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I’ve noticed this around my area too. I’m voting that “yo” be the official gender neutral pronoun for the english...
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“yo”. This is what happens when we leave important thinks to children. “Yo”.
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