Quote Originally Posted by Aniise View Post
True, that alone would not be so hard to implement. I agree with that. But there are as many pronouns as there are genders right now. Just adding "they" for example would be a lot of work I think, and kinda complicated in the other languages?

I'm German for example (so forgive me if I'm sometimes not so good at expressing my thoughts in english, lol) and had to google the german gender neutral pronoun right now which is "xier" or "hen" something I guess? And I've never heard of it before, so I'm not even sure if thats genuine or not. But I don't think those are officially accepted pronouns yet.

The german word for "they" plural in german is called "sie" (plural), which also can mean "she" ("sie" singular). So if you wanna take the german "they" and make it into a singular pronoun, it would be the same word as the feminine pronoun "sie"(he/she/they -> er/sie/sie). So yeah, thats where the complications start already. xD
Oh no yeah. I’ve not been talking about adding any more pronouns myself, just about a he/she toggle.

Would it be great if they did? Absolutely, but I do understand the sheer amount kf work involved in that, and that it would be catering to a minority of a minority that has been generally okay with just the male/female pronouns thus far. There are language concerns to think about too, and not ever language uses/is built for genderless singular pronouns.

I have a question though - are sentences structured differently in german in regards to singular they vs she? I know sie is both, but would the sentence “She drinks water.” “They drink water” be worded differently in german assuming the “They” is singular rather than plural?