They Need a New Pronoun

Taos Rainbow and I were discussing our upcoming girls' trip to San Francisco when the subject of the non-cisgendered first person singular came up.

They need a new pronoun, we declared at the same time, laughing at how decades apart haven't changed us at all.

We remember when Ms was invented, she went on. We agreed that whatever initial resistance might arise, a new pronoun would be less of an assault on the ears and the senses than the transformation of the third person plural to the other side of the grammatical chart.

It hurts my ears.

I'm willing to adjust to whatever might be chosen, although I fear it is already too late.

And so, I sigh and move on from this kerfuffle, which is a needed change of pace from the dismantling of our justice system (cf Roger Stone's sentencing recommendation).

I'm going to put out my flag and remember Abe Lincoln, whose birthday is today, and who understood that keeping his rivals within his Cabinet would make him a stronger, not smaller, leader.

Sigh.