We should make genderless pronoun then.
Hesh?
Se-he (pronounced say-hay)?
See-He?
Hesheit (hay-shay-eet)?
I never viewed 'it' as a derogatory term. I understand your logic for why it could be taken as one though.
I also realized that I could get dangerously close to a not so good word to call people if I continue to only play around with the words 'he', 'she' and 'it'.
In Hebrew a man is referred to as 'Ish' (eesh) and a woman is pronounced 'Ishah' (eeshah).
In Spanish it's Nino and Nina for boy and girl. Birdo's name would be masculine in that regard, though granted, many genderless objects have gendered endings. Wisdom is considered a feminine word in Hebrew (imagine the jokes about wisdom coming naturally to women in that classroom?).
Malo ('bad' in Spanish) is masculine while if you refer to a girl as being bad then you would say Nina Mala. So Malo Birdo if he is a he and Mala Birdo if she is a she.
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