Random Linguistic Worldbuilding: A Language With Six Sets Of Pronouns, Which Are Set By One's Current

Random linguistic worldbuilding: A language with six sets of pronouns, which are set by one's current state of existence. There's a separate pronoun for people who are alive, people who are dead, and potential future people who are yet to be born, and the ambiguous ones of "may or may not be alive or aleady dead", "may or may not have even been born yet", and the ultimate general/ambiguous all-covering one that covers all ambiguous states.

The culture has a specific defined term for that tragic span of time when a widow keeps accidentally referring to their spouse with living pronouns. New parents-to-be dropping the happy surprise news of a pregnancy by referring to their future child with the "is yet to be born" pronoun instead of a more ambiguous one and waiting for the "wait what did you just say?" reactions.

Someone jokingly referring to themselves with the dead person pronouns just to highlight how horrible their current hangover is. A notorious aspiring ladies' man who keeps trying to pursue women in their 20s despite of approaching middle age fails to notice the insult when someone asks him when he's planning to get married, and uses the pronoun that implies that his ideal future bride may not even be born yet.

A mother whose young adult child just moved away from home for the first time, who continues to dramatically refer to their child with "may or may not be already dead" until the aforementioned child replies to her on facebook like "ma stop telling people I'm dead" and having her respond with "well how could I possibly know that when you don't even write to us? >:,C"

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An 8 by 8 color grid showing all color combination options for the dyes available in the season of Radiance. The background is black for visibility. The X and Y axis are labeled with the base dye colors (red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, white).

An image that says "Dye Accessibility color guides" in black text. Surrounding the text are the dye jar symbols from the season of Radiance and colored sparkles. The background is white. The jar symbols have smaller symbols to represent the element related to the color and they are as follows: red has a single swirl to look similar to the eyes of the trial creatures in the game, yellow has a line that is hook-shaped and curved to look similar to a single flame, green has 4 rounded-square shapes of different sizes to represent stones or earth, cyan has 3 horizontal lines in a row top to bottom with the top and bottom lines curving backward to represent air, blue has 3 vertical wavey lines in a row top represent water flow, purple has a diamond shape with a small circle in the center like a gem, black has a ring of short lines the go outward from the center like a firework, white has a circle with a dot in the center and the circle has lines coming out of the sides and top/bottom to give the appearance of a shine or light glint.

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the red dye in the bottom left, and an additional red jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the red dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the red dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
red×red: Rich, deep red
red×yellow: pumpkin spice, medium light brown
red×green: medium brown, warm-toned
red×cyan: pinkish gray, warm gray
red×blue: medium purple, bruise colored, plum
red×purple: reddish purple, wine, blackberry juice
red×black: Rich red, slightly darker, blood
red×white: warm, deep pink, lips, dusty rose

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the yellow dye in the bottom left, and an additional yellow jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the yellow dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the yellow dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
yellow×red: clay soil, pumpkin spice
yellow×yellow: dark mustard
yellow×green: desaturated lime, slightly darker
yellow×cyan: desaturated lime
yellow×blue: medium, pine, true green
yellow×purple: desaturated peach, darker
yellow×black: desaturated, darker mustard, green tint
yellow×white: sunny yellow, desaturated

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the green dye in the bottom left, and an additional green jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the green dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the green dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:

green×red: darker mustard, very similar to the other mustards
green×yellow: moss, desaturated, warm toned
green×green: Rich, true green, U.S. bills
green×cyan: dark teal
green×blue: darker teal, leans more green
green×purple: pinkish gray, stone
green×black: evergreen, rich green, darker than money
green×white: soft, dusty green

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the cyan dye in the bottom left, and an additional cyan jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the cyan dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the cyan dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
cyan×red: purplish gray, darker lavender
cyan×yellow: medium teal
cyan×green: darker teal
cyan×cyan: more saturated teal, barely lighter than medium, Miku
cyan×blue: deep, dusty blue, bluer than jeans
cyan×purple: desaturated version of the above, gray-blue
cyan×black: desaturated darker teal
cyan×white: soft, light teal

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the blue dye in the bottom left, and an additional blue jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the blue dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the blue dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
blue×red: deep, purplish blue, desaturated
blue×yellow: desaturated emerald
blue×green: JNCO Jeans, medium wash denim
blue×cyan: saturated, rich, Miku teal
blue×blue: Atlantic ocean, medium blue
blue×purple: blue-gray, stone
blue×black: Navy blue, night sky
blue×white: pale, desaturated blue

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the purple dye in the bottom left, and an additional purple jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the purple dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the purple dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
purple×red: warm-toned purple
purple×yellow: dusty rose, pinky purple
purple×green: desaturated, medium purple
purple×cyan: pale purple, saturated, lavender
purple×blue: Rich, royal purple
purple×purple: royal purple, desaturated
purple×black: saturated, rich, reddish purple
purple×white: pale, pinky purple

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the black dye in the bottom left, and an additional black jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the black dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the black dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
black×red: wine red
black×yellow: deep mustard yellow
black×green: military green
black×cyan: dark teal, leans blue
black×blue: deep, navy blue
black×purple: deep purple, grapes
black×black: inky black, not quite true black
black×white: darker gray, darker than W+B

[note: W means white and B means black]

This image shows two vertical rows of the jar symbols, a row of color mixing results for the white dye in the bottom left, and an additional white jar symbol in the lower right as a label to indicate this graphic is for the white dye. The vertical rows of jars each show the different symbols to represent the original color of the jar and have been colored to represent the color results of mixing the white dye. Each dye jar has words next to it to describe the color for accessibility.
The color mixes are described as follows:
white×red: pale, dusty red
white×yellow: pale yellow
white×green: pale mossy green
white×cyan: pale teal, leans green
white×blue: pale, dusty blue
white×purple: pale, pink purple
white×black: medium gray, concrete
white×white: off-white, more vibrant than base white

Comprehensive color chart for The Season of Radiance! Included is a accessibility guide with written descriptions for each dye option for anyone who may need it (colorblind, etc). Alt text included in the images!

Each color was color-picked from a screenshot of the Rainbow Trousers shirt portion during daytime lighting for accuracy and consistency.

Hope this helps, have fun dyeing!

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I have a blorbo maybe I’ll share him here soon

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