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    6 days ago

    What for? If it’s plural you can use “parents” just fine, and if you’re referring to one of them, you can always use “my dad” or “mom”.

    I guess it could be useful to have something equivalent to “my parent” that is gender neutral and it doesn’t sound as dry. But then again it doesn’t allow you to differentiate which one you’re talking about. I’ve seen people with gay parents use “dad” and “papa” or something along those lines, which solves that problem but isn’t gender neutral.

    Language evolves to serve a purpose or solve a problem, and I guess we haven’t had this linguistic challenge before.


    (Leaving aside that these are technically not pronouns, but I don’t think that’s the point of the conversation and we don’t gain much by debating grammar)