askchapo

I have a comparatively new tradition of "New Year's language challenges", wherein I try to change the way I speak or write in some way for the duration of the coming year. The challenges I've thought of for 2024 are:

• Using he, she, and xe instead of it when referring to a definite inanimate thing.
• Using hissen, hersen, theirsen(s), itsen, etc. as optional proximate forms of personal pronouns.

So basically, "the colorful flower, though it is fragrant" becomes "the colorful flower, though hissen is fragrant". Fun stuff!

So my question is essentially whether it's a good idea for the hissen/hersen challenge to apply to real people. Do you think it would be disrespectful to someone's preferred pronouns to add another inflection to them? I don't think so, but I want to check with others to make sure.