Neutral pronoun ????

[Blaze]

This is PC gone mad ....... I thought it was an article from News Thump when OH read it out to me

Le Petit Robert sparks debate by adding neutral pronoun to dictionary
The popular dictionary has added the word iel, which is a gender-neutral pronoun used by some French speakers

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French- ... dictionary

François Jolivet, the MP for Indre, who is a member of Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche party, notably criticised the decision.
He called Le Petit Robert’s authors “militants of a cause that has nothing French about it: wokism.”

[MAD87]

Yes, it was on the news last night. A load of nonsense!

[RobertArthur]

For my French neighbours I'm "le petit Robert" (height: almost two metres) but I've got absolutely nothing to do with this linguistic invention.

[niemeyjt]

Did that come from l'Academie - or just a woke dictionary editor?

[curtis]

For my French neighbours I'm "le petit Robert" (height: almost two metres) but I've got absolutely nothing to do with this linguistic invention.

En fait, j'aime bien "les petits Roberts"

[RobertArthur]

The same for my neighbours: Robert, t'a un moment? Gros problème électrique sur mon tracteur / ma voiture / dans la maison / connexion internet / mon ordi.....