If you read something written in WEnglish for WEquality 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 for WEquality.
What is WEnglish for WEquality?
WEnglish for WEquality 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 Women.
She seeks to restore honor and dignity for all which she calls WEquality™.
How is WEnglish different from English?
WEnglish for WEquality 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. Women are freed from masculine reference.
Most other languages already allow different word based on sex and have done so centuries.
Beyond specific gender, any words (nouns, adjectives, etc.) that spell or sound like ‘he’, ‘him’ ‘his’, ‘man’ ‘men’ without a Female 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 for WEquality 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 for WEquality 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 for WEquality although there are others. Ultimately, it’s a question of giving equality to men and wimin.
