Pronouns: Difference between revisions

Casual pronouns are based on apparent gender. These are used with strangers, customers, family, and by the lower classes in most settings. You don't use them in formal settings.

==== Male alphas, Male betas, Male omegas, (many) Epicene alphas: ====

==== Female alphas, Female betas, Female omegas, (many) Epicene omegas: ====

==== Kids, (some) Epicene alphas and omegas: ====

== Formal Pronouns: ==

Formal pronouns are based on reproductive role - whether you can¹ [[sire]] or [[carry]] kids. These are used in legal settings, some schools, other formal situations, and by the upper classes in most settings.

==== Male alphas, Male betas, Epicene alphas, Female alphas (Proginators/Sires): ====

==== Female betas, Female omegas, Epicene omegas, Male omegas (Proginatrixes/Dams): ====

==== Kids: ====

== Minor Pronouns: ==

Especially when talking about their role in [[packs]], betas can be respectfully referred to in the plural.  

==== Male betas, female betas: ====

While these are often used disrespectfully, some Female alphas and Male omegas prefer gender-dynamic-specifc pronouns. These gender-dynamics have faced notable [[discrimination]] in the West - being seen as inferior members of their dynamic. Some have embraced their separateness from their wider gender and dynamic, while others consider separation another tool to discriminate against them. It's generally considered safest to not use these pronouns unless a person has requested you do.

==== Female alphas: ====

==== Male omegas: ====

= Pronoun History =

The Saxons brought the Germanic dynamic-based pronoun system. Here it is in its original form:

==== Male alphas, Female alphas ====

==== Male betas, Female betas ====

==== Male omegas, Female omegas ====

==== Plural ====

This system is the origin of modern casual pronouns, but not until it had experienced significant alterations.

Vikings had settlements in Scotland and Northern Britain starting in the 700s, and they were a Norse kingdom from 1015 until the Norman Invasion. Old Norse influenced Old English in many ways, including through its gender-based pronoun system.

==== Male alphas, Male betas, Male omegas: ====

==== Female alphas, Female betas, Female omegas: ====

==== Plural ====

== Norman Pronouns ==

After the Norman Invasion in 1066, the Old French reproductive-based pronoun system was introduced. These remained mostly confined to the upper classes. This is due to many factors, but a major one was a disinclination of the Norman upper classes to bother learning the dynamics of their Anglo-Saxon servants. Appearance(/gender)-based systems became seen as demeaning, appropriate for lower classes who didn't deserve the effort of memorized dynamics.

==== Male alphas, Male betas, Female alphas: ====

==== Female alphas, Female omegas, Female betas: ====

=== System 1 (Especially in the North): ===

==== Male alphas, Male omegas: ====

==== Female alphas, Female omegas: ====

==== Male betas, Female betas ====

=== System 2: ===

==== Male alphas, Female alphas ====

==== Male betas, Female betas ====

==== Male omegas, Female omegas ====

=== System 3: (Mostly late, after influence from Old French) ===

==== Male alphas, Male betas: ====

==== Female betas, Female omegas: ====

==== Female alphas ====

==== Male omegas ====

== Evolution into Modern English ==