NEW BOOK!
Introducing:
BREAKING THE
BIAS
OF ENGLISH
How English Disempowers Women and How to Fix It In
ONLY SIX WORDS
Vivian R. Probst
With Anne Wondra
Introducing WEnglish for WEquality™
If you read something written in WEnglish you might not notice that it’s different.
Do words contain power?
Can simple changes that give wimin their own words enhance equality?
Vivian honors both men and wiimin by her work with WEnglish.
What is WEnglish?
WEnglish is a form of speaking and writing created to balance English and bring respect and inclusiveness to all.
English is a highly-masculine language and generally discredits or ignores what Vivian refers to as ‘That Which Is Not Male’ (TWINM).
She seeks to restore honor and dignity for all which she calls WEquality™.
How is WEnglish different from English?
WEnglish uses three primary methods to transform English into an inclusive language.
WOMAN
WOMUN
All English words that refer to a specific gender continue. Therefore, anyone who is considered by gender to be a man is still identified as man; he; him; his, etc. Anyone who is not a man by gender definition(TWINM), is freed from masculine reference.
Most other languages already allow that sex separation and have done so been for centuries. Isn’t it time the English language allowed TWINM to enjoy their own word identity?
Beyond specific gender, any words (nouns, adjectives, etc.) that spell or sound like ‘he’, ‘him’ ‘his’, ‘man’ ‘men’ without a TWINM equivalent simply are not used and are replaced with other words.
Examples: He-al
Man-uscript
Men-tal
His-tory
Hym-n
Words that appear derogatory to TWINM are also not used.
Examples: Mis-take, -appropriate, -adventure, -behave, -calculate, etc. ‘Ev-il’
Tha Chicken
The Egg
English grammar uses three articles: a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’. ‘The’ is our most common word and it’s spelling
‘t-h-e’ is masculine because of the ‘he’.
WEnglish changes that by following how we use ‘a’ and ‘an’.
English always spells ‘the’ as ‘t-h-e’ even though it is most often pronounced as ‘tha’.
WEnglish distinguishes its spelling exactly as our articles ‘a’, and ‘an’ are used so that ‘tha’ precedes consonants and ‘the’ precedes vowel words.
These are primary aspects of WEnglish although there are others. Ultimately, it’s a question of giving equality to men and wimin.
