18 June 2024

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.



Initial Consonant

Pronunciation inspiration guide

See also

1

ch

English/ Greek/ German

English: 2, 19, 20;

Greek/ German: 7 (Dutch, Swedish), 15 (Mandarin), 9, 12, 28

2

cz

Slovak

1 (English), 19, 20; 

3

d

English/ Vietnamese

Vietnamese: 26, 16 (Vietnamese)

4

dj, dzh

Serbian

5, 7 (English), 11 (English)

5

dz

Serbian

4, 7 (English), 11 (English)

6

ð|Đ

Icelandic/ Greek (Modern)


7

g (dg)

English/ Dutch/ Spanish/ 

Swedish (Old English)

English: 4, 5, 8, 11 (English)

Dutch/ Swedish: 1 

(Greek/German), 15 (Mandarin), 9, 12, 28

Swedish: 25

8

gu

English, Spanish

7 (English)

9

gh

Arabic/ Scottish

1 (Greek/German), 7 (Dutch/ Swedish), 

15 (Mandarin), 12, 28

10

hr

Croatian

17

11

j

French/ Italian/ English/ Mandarin

French: 27; Italian: 26; 

English: 4, 5, 7 (English)

12

kh

Arabic/ Cambodian

1 (Greek/ German), 

7 (Dutch, Swedish), 15 (Mandarin), 9, 28

13

ng

Vietnamese/ English


14

ps

Greek, English


15

q

Mandarin/ Arabic/ English

Mandarin: 1 (Greek/ German), 

7 (Dutch, Swedish), 9, 12, 28

16

r

English/ French/ Russian/ Vietnamese

Vietnamese: 26

17

rh

Russian/ Welsh

10

18

rz

Czech


19

tj

Serbian

2 (English), 20

20

tg

Serbian

2 (English), 19

21

ts (tz)

English (or Slavic "c")


22

þ|Þ

Icelandic

25 (Old English), 7 (Swedish)

23

x

Mandarin/ English/ Spanish

Mandarin: 23, Spanish: 7 (Spanish)

24

xh

Walloon


25

y

English/ Old English

Old English: 22, 7 (Swedish)

26

z

English

3 (Vietnamese), 16 (Vietnamese)

27

zh

Arabic/ Russian/ Mandarin

11 (French),  

28

χ|Χ

Greek

1 (Greek/ German), 7 (Dutch, Swedish), 

15 (Mandarin), 9, 12

Table 1: Initial consonant options


 

Pronunciation inspiration guide

Reference in Table 1

Initial consonant




English

1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26

ch, d, g, gu, j, ng, q, r, ts, x, y, z

Arabic

9, 12, 15, 26

gh, kh, q, zh

Cambodian

12

Kh

Croation

10

hr

Czech

18

rz

Dutch

7

g

English

1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 25, 26

ch, d, g, gu, j, ng, q, r, x, y, z

English 

(or Slavic "c")

21

ts (tz)

French

11, 16

j, r

German

1

ch

Greek

1, 14, 28

ch, ps,  χ|Χ

Greek (Modern)

6

ð|Đ

Icelandic

6, 22

ð|Đ, þ|Þ

Italian

11

J

Mandarin

15, 23, 27

j, q, x, zh

Old English

25

y

Russian

16, 17, 27

r, rh, zh

Scottish

9

gh

Serbian

4, 5, 19, 20

dj, dz, tj, tg

Slovak

2

cz

Spanish

7, 23

g, x

Vietnamese

3, 13, 16

d, ng, r

Walloon

24

xh

Welsh

17

rh

Table 2: Language pronunciation inspiration options



Subject

Object

Genitive

Possessive

Reflexive



Suffix



-e

-em

-ir

-yr

-irs

-yrs

-irself

-yrself


Initial









1

ch

che

chem

chir

chyr

chirs

chyrs

chirself

chyrself

2

cz

cze

czem

czir

czyr

czirs

czyrs

czirself

czyrself

3

d

de

dem

dir

dyr

dirs

dyrs

dirself

dyrself

4

dj

dje

djem

djir

djyr

djirs

djyrs

djirself

djyrself

5

dz

dze

dzem

dzir

dzyr

dzirs

dzyrs

dzirself

dzyrself

6

ð|Đ

ðe

ðem

ðir

ðyr

ðirs

ðyrs

ðirself

ðyrself

7

g

ge

gem

gir

gyr

girs

gyrs

girself

gyrself

8

gu

gue

guem

guir

guyr

guirs

guyrs

guirself

guyrself

9

gh

ghe

ghem

ghir

ghyr

ghirs

ghyrs

ghirself

ghyrself

10

hr

hre

hrem

hrir

hryr

hrirs

hryrs

hrirself

hryrself

11

j

je

jem

jir

jyr

jirs

jyrs

jirself

jyrself

12

kh

khe

khem

khir

khyr

khirs

khyrs

khirself

khyrself

13

ng

nge

ngem

ngir

ngyr

ngirs

ngyrs

ngirself

ngyrself

14

ps

pse

psem

psir

psyr

psirs

psyrs

psirself

psyrself

15

q

qe

qem

qir

qyr

qirs

qyrs

qirself

qyrself

16

r

re

rem

rir

ryr

rirs

ryrs

rirself

ryrself

17

rh

rhe

rhem

rhir

rhyr

rhirs

rhyrs

rhirself

rhyrself

18

rz

rze

rzem

rzir

rzyr

rzirs

rzyrs

rzirself

rzyrself

19

tj

the

tjem

tjir

tjyr

tjirs

tjyrs

tjirself

tjyrself

20

tg

tge

tgem

tgir

tgyr

tgirs

tgyrs

tgirself

tgyrself

21

ts (tz)

tse

tsem

tsir

tsyr

tsirs

tsyrs

tsirself

tsyrself

22

þ|Þ

þe

þem

þir

þyr

þirs

þyrs

þirself

þyrself

23

x

xe

xem

Xir

xyr

xirs

xyrs

xirself

xyrself

24

xh

xhe

xhem

xhir

xhyr

xhirs

xhyrs

xhirself

xhyrself

25

y

ye

yem

yir

yyr

yirs

yyrs

yirself

yyrself

26

z

ze

zem

zir

zyr

zirs

zyrs

zirself

zyrself

27

zh

zhe

zhem

zhir

zhyr

zhirs

zhyrs

zhirself

zhyrself

28

χ|Χ

χe

χem

χir

χyr

χirs

χyrs

χirself

χyrself

29

h

he

him

his

his

himself

30

sh

she

her

her

hers

herself

31

it

it

it

its

its

itself

32

Th- 

(note capital-isation)

Their majestic Excellencies

Their majestic Excellencies

Their majestic Excellencies’

Their majestic Excellencies'

Their majestic Excellencies Themselves

Table 3: Pronoun spelling options