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I actually think this is hilarious and approve

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My rl name starts with Chat and I introduce myself as such most places. It’s pronounced differently though, since it’s based on a French word. The Ch has an Sh sound. And yes, I know what that sounds like…

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You know what it sounds like, but you still introduce yourself as such?

We should party.

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“chato” also means boring or annoying in portuguese.

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I live in quebec so to me it sounds like pussy (chatte)

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Actually the t is silent so it’s SHA in french

SHAT would be for female cat but really means pussy

You’re welcome.

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My name is based off the cat thing though. Chatoyer, chatoyant, chatoyancy, all based off of cats eye.

And pussy is better than how it sounds in e glish, so ty :P

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You’re talking to famous Irish scatologist Shat O’Kun right now

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Lmao find it funny he says he knows but then doesnt know

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Ah, I mentioned it’s shortened. My name is Chatoyer:

Etymology. From French chatoyant, present participle of chatoyer (“to iridesce, like a cat’s eye”), from chat (“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat’s eye).

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A classic weeb, but the French version

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miau

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My pronouns are Chat/Commentor

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Nice to meet you. Mine are lurker/asleep

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Chat: The perfect autistic pronoun

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First person: Talking about oneself. I, me. Second person: talking about the listener. you, your. Third person: talking about someone who is not the speaker or listener. He/she/it/they Fourth person: Talking about total bullshit.

In this context, “Chat” is second-person plural, used by streamers to address the portion of their audience able to respond in the text chat that always accompanies these things. It does contrast with how a radio personality might address “listeners” because radio listeners don’t usually have a method to respond in real time, so it’s usually a rhetorical question; a streamer addressing the chat is asking for a response.

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Thanks for the explanation. As an old guy I was utterly baffled.

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i saw someone argue for chat being a 4th person pronoun because it breaks the 4th wall usually seen in mass broadcast media, there’s still a degree of interaction that isn’t there on live TV, so “chat is this real” prompts a direct response from a unified mass of people, there’s a conversation happening through the 4th wall basically

the other person explained it better lol

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Eh, I don’t think that holds up.

I might buy the 4th person as “someone outside your continuum or reality,” but I’ve yet to see a language construct specifically for that. Fictional characters invariably use second or third person to refer to the audience outside their world.

Streamers talking with their chat audience aren’t fictional or otherworldly though. I don’t see a linguistic difference between a streamer asking the chat what game he should play next, to Bob Saget saying “Home viewers, if you have a funny home video, send the tape to the address on your screen for a chance at appearing on our show!” It’s a communique addressing a large scattered audience through audio/video telephony soliciting a reply. The only real difference is round-trip latency.

While I think the phenomenon of live streaming and their audiences is interesting and presents a fairly new experience, I don’t know if it’s “we’re inventing new pronoun tenses over here.”

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it’s not my personal opinion and i can’t give it justice in trying to defend it, but i did think it was an interesting addition to the original so i (poorly) regurgitated it here

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Crystal clear, thanks chat.

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Ty! So… you all

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