Pronouns

This page is for both of my pronoun sets, they each will have their own page as well copy and pasted from here. Make sure you check out my correction policy at the bottom of this page.



zay/zir/zirs/zirself

Zay is sitting on zir bed writing this little blurb about zirself on zir blog. As zay does this, thinking about zirself in these pronouns to write them out, something in zir smiles remembering how much zay likes these pronouns. They’re so very zirs.

Translating into feminine binary pronouns because most people tend to do best if you do this instead of give technical names

she - zay

her - zir

hers - zirs

herself - zirself

zay is pronounced exactly how it’s spelled and zir/zirs/zirself is pronounced like her/hers/herself with a z sound instead of the h.



These pronouns are a deviation of the popular pronoun set ze/zir/zirs/zirself. I choose this set because of it’s closeness to Zoë. After a while of using ze, I changed my nominative (subject) pronoun to the softer sounding zay because ze sounded too much like a nick name paired with my name. I’ve come to really love this set a lot. It was my first non-binary set and it is my default set I correct people to.

fie/fire/fires/fireself

Fie is wondering if fie should do the same blurb fie wrote up in the previous set for these pronouns, fie decided to write their own blurb. The pronouns are fire favorite set of pronouns. They’re very fires. They describe fireself really really well.

Translating into feminine binary pronouns because most people tend to do best if you do this instead of give technical names

she - fie

her - fire

hers - fires

herself - fireself

fie is pronounced like the first syllable of fire. Fire is pronounced like the noun. Fires, like the plural non. And fireself like fire (noun) plus self.

I created these pronouns when everyone created all those cool themed pronouns. I’ve been describing my gender as it relates to fire for months and this just felt natural. I was actually under the impression I had seen them somewhere when I created them because that’s how natural they felt. In reality, I just felt them. Fire describes my gender in the same way it describes my general personality. It’s passionate, unpredictable, but also has a pattern and a method to the madness, it goes up, it goes down, it burns on one thing for a while, and then rushes to another thing. Certain things ignite it and certain things calm it down. It crackles, it pops. It’s wild and dangerous and unruly. It will hurt you if handle it wrong and it is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.

When I prefer one over the other

I am generally ok with either one, if you use either one I will just be so grateful to hear one of my pronoun sets that I’ll be so damn happy… it won’t even matter. My preferences are really dictated by what I hear in my head. Sometimes, I narrate my life in zay/zir/zirs/zirself and sometimes i narrate in fie/fire/fires/fireself. You can pretty much always just choose one. You can even mix and match sometimes…

My Correction Policy

The way I handle it if you mess up: If I can tell you’re trying or just forgot, I’ll send you a message with the correction or reblog with the correction. It will be a short ” *zay” message most often. Most of the time, I’ll just do the corrections at the beginning and then space and respond to your post. If I don’t have anything to respond, it will just be the corrections. All I expect from you is that you go fix it as soon as you see the correction. I’d also like just a simple “I’m sorry.” I don’t need “I’m terrible at this!” That draws attention and makes me feel like I have to say “it’s ok, I understand.” In reality, it’s not that hard. I suggest if you talk to me a lot and you don’t want to forget, you can put a sticky note by your computer. You can practice by yourself talking about me in the correct pronouns. Or you can check my blog to remember.

If I can tell you’re not trying or you’re being a dick about it, I will call you out on that transphobia without a fucking doubt.

If I’m not sure that you’re trying, I’ll ask you if you need help. Please answer honestly at this point. I will do whatever I can to help you.

I hope this page helps!