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I wish the world we lived in was more accommodating of requests for shifts in language surrounding the way we refer to ourselves. By this I mean it shouldn't have to be a whole process to request someone use your name and pronouns and honorifics while calling them 'preferred' as if it's just a preference and not the only correct terminology for you.
For example, I'd like it if species honorifics were more accepted. Don't want a Mr. or Ms. but Mx. and Mg. aren't exactly doing it for you either because it sounds too human? Consider. Drg. (Dragon), Cn. (Canine), Fl. (Feline), Fsh. (Fish), Av. (Avian), etc. etc. etc. It's not a necessary change at all but I think we should have the verbal freedom to request 'silly' stuff like species based honorifics if that's something that works for us.
My own species based honorific, Tiercel (Tc.) I think is a good example of this. I don't necessarily think they need to be standardized into language, but I do think having them as an option is useful. I think standardization in a way is the death of creativity and self expression, even if it is helpful in the field of academics when it comes to making sure everything is legible and clear.
Language has laws sure but what's to say we can't develop new linguistic forms within these laws or even create new laws.
I understand that my view on honorifics is going to be coming from an English Speaking POV because that's my native language, and I won't attempt to create species based honorifics for any other languages, but I do think this concept can be applied to other languages given time and thought.
For example, I'd like it if species honorifics were more accepted. Don't want a Mr. or Ms. but Mx. and Mg. aren't exactly doing it for you either because it sounds too human? Consider. Drg. (Dragon), Cn. (Canine), Fl. (Feline), Fsh. (Fish), Av. (Avian), etc. etc. etc. It's not a necessary change at all but I think we should have the verbal freedom to request 'silly' stuff like species based honorifics if that's something that works for us.
My own species based honorific, Tiercel (Tc.) I think is a good example of this. I don't necessarily think they need to be standardized into language, but I do think having them as an option is useful. I think standardization in a way is the death of creativity and self expression, even if it is helpful in the field of academics when it comes to making sure everything is legible and clear.
Language has laws sure but what's to say we can't develop new linguistic forms within these laws or even create new laws.
I understand that my view on honorifics is going to be coming from an English Speaking POV because that's my native language, and I won't attempt to create species based honorifics for any other languages, but I do think this concept can be applied to other languages given time and thought.
