My Pronouns
Pronoun construction guide
Create your own pronouns for referring to Markus Pfister. Any of the options in Table 3 (rows 1-32) are permissible, though must be locally consistent. Multiple forms within the same text are permitted to make distinctions along a proximity spectrum (proximate to obviative), or simply to distinguish referents without implying any particular relative or absolute proximity.
Select an appropriate row from Table 3 or follow the steps below.
Choose your/thy/eower case.
subject, object, genitive, possessive, reflexive
I, me, my, mine, myself
Choose your/thy/eower form.
Traditional English (29-32) see Table 3
Gendered person (29/30)
Gender neutral non-person (31)
Honorific (32)
Gender Neutral Synthetic
For genitive, possessive, reflexive
choose spelling with ‘I’ or ‘y’,
that is: ir|yr, irs|yrs, irself|yrself (see Table 3)
Choose initial consonant(s) (1-28) (see Table 1)
Default option (row 26, z)
Restrict to Roman alphabet (1-5, 7-21, 23-27)
Allow other letters (6, 22, 28)
Choose language pronunciation inspiration (Table 2)
English (1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26) (row 1)
European (see Table 2)
United Kingdom: Old English, Scottish, Welsh
Germanic: Dutch, German, Icelandic, Norwegian (see Swedish), Swedish
Romance: French, Italian, Spanish, Walloon
Slavic: Croatian, Czech, English (or Slavic: 21), Russian, Serbian, Slovak
Other: Greek (including modern)
Asian and Arabic (see Table 2)
Arabic
Cambodian, Mandarin, Vietnamese
Cross reference with Table 1 to select initial consonant(s)
Combine initial consonant(s) prefix with case suffix (Table 3)
Choose preferred pronunciation (see Table 1 for inspiration)
Notes: Our majestic Excellencies Ourselves do not consent to being referred to in the plural by others (eg the second or third person plural), except in accordance with the capitalised honorific formulation of row 32 of Table 3, or if referred to by clearly self-identifying nonpersons. However, We may refer to Ourselves in the plural first person. In general, I do not approve of the use of plural pronouns to refer to individual persons except in the above cases. The obvious variants of tikkitikkitembonosarembocharybaryruchipipperipembofintimlinbinwhinbimlimbusstopftangfrtangolebiscuitbarrellchingchonghonglongfong (uncapitalised) as a pronoun, or changu, changum, changu’s, changus, changusself, are also acceptable. Suggested additions to the list of options are welcome, but not necessarily encouraged.
Table 1: Initial consonant options
Table 2: Language pronunciation inspiration options
Table 3: Pronoun spelling options
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