Pronouns

There are two main sets of pronouns, and one minor set.

Casual Pronouns: 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: he/him/his/his/himself Female alphas, Female betas, Female omegas, (many) Epicene omegas: She/her/her/hers/herself Kids, (some) Epicene alphas and omegas: Hey/hem/heir/heirs/hemself

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: ile/loy/sor/sors/(themself) Female betas, Female omegas, Epicene omegas, Male omegas: ele/ly/sor/sors/(themself) Kids: Hey/hem/heir/heirs/hemself

Minor Pronouns: The history on English pronouns is complex. Other pronouns that are still in use are: Especially when talking about their role in packs, betas can be respectfully referred to in the plural. Male betas, female betas: They/them/their/theirs/themself 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: Hoon/henny/henner/henners/henself Male omegas: Han/hone/hans/hans/honeself

Pronoun History The Britain dealt with successive waves of invasion between 0-1100 AD. The Brythonic inhabitants were influenced by Roman, Saxon, Norse, and Norman invasions. See history for more details, but the affects on the pronoun system are shown here.

Brythonic Pronouns: The Britons/Angles had a gender-based pronoun system. Dynamics started appearing around the time of the Roman invasions starting 55 BC. The Britons adopted the Roman pronoun 'mīles' into a general beta pronoun, extending it from it's use for only Male betas. The pronoun was derived from the term for Male beta infantrymen, bands of whom were highly valued by the Roman military. Male alphas, Male omegas, (possibly some) Male betas: Eβ̃ Female alphas, Female omegas, (possibly some) Female betas: Hi Male betas, Male omegas: Miles

Anglo-Saxon Pronouns: The Saxons brought the Germanic dynamic-based pronoun system. <<CONTINUE>>

Casual pronouns are descended from Old English. These pronouns survived the Norman Invasion 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. These pronouns Old English Pronouns: Male: Hē → He hine/him → him his → his

Female: Hēo → She hīe/hire → her hire → her/hers

Plural (now Epicene): Hīe → Hey hīe/him → hem heora → heir/heirs

Formal Pronouns are descended from Old French. They were introduced following the Norman Invasion in 1066. Old French Pronouns: Proginator (sire): il → ile le/li/lui → loy son/sa/ses → sor/sors

Proginatrix (dam): ele → ele la/li → ly son/sa/ses → sor/sors

Minor Pronouns are descended from Old Norse. Vikings had settlements in Scotland and Northern Britain starting in the 700s, and were Norse kingdoms from 1015 until the Norman Invasion. Old Norse influenced Old English in many ways, including its pronoun system.

¹ Like many Earth systems, infertility is not considered. Infertile and trans people are grouped with the rest of their gender-dynamic group.