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pronoun.is is a website for personal pronoun usage examples
For users
You can use any pronouns you like simply by filling them into the url path. For example, http://pronoun.is/ze/zir/zir/zirs/zirself
That's pretty unwieldy! Fortunately you can also give it only the first pronoun or two: http://pronoun.is/she/her or http://pronoun.is/they
Automatically filling in the rest from only one or two forms only works for pronouns in the database. If the pronouns you or a friend uses aren't supported, please let us know and we'll add them. Alternatively you could add them yourself and submit a pull request (see the next section for details)
For developers
The database
The pronouns "database" is a tab-delimited file with fields and example values as follows:
| subject | object | possessive-determiner | possessive-pronoun | reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
If you edit it with a text editor, make sure your editor inputs real tab characters in that file (a thing your editor might normally be configured not to do!) In Emacs, you can input real tabs by doing Ctrl+q
Running the app in a dev environment
You can launch the app on your own computer by running the following command:
$ lein ring server
This will launch a server running the app and open your default web browser to the index page. The server will automatically reload files as you edit them.
Philosophy on pronoun inclusion
Pronoun.is aims foremost and exclusively to be a useful resource for people to communicate the personal pronoun they use for themselves.
It is possible to use these example sentences to demonstrate the usage of words that are not personal pronouns, or even cleverly insert an entire story! However, as a policy we will not include such entries in the database.
License
Copyright © 2014-2017 Morgan Astra m@morganastra.me
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/