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by ectopod 1249 days ago
The whole point of pronouns is to reduce cognitive overhead. If pronouns become something you have to remember for each person then you might as well drop them from the language and use names all the time.
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Totally. Or use X for everyone. No overloading of common words well understood to be something completely different.
Yes exactly: James for everyone.

Some people may prefer a different name but I think they’ll understand once we explain the cognitive load.

James thinks James meant "James'll understand" instead of "they'll understand" :P