User:DancingGrumpyCat

DancingGrumpyCat
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	Vector art by user
Name	User is plural Eszter (host); Lily; ...and others who will not be participating in the editing of Wiki projects;
Born	1998 (25–26 years old); Abenaki territory
Pronouns	ze/zir/zirs (also xe/xir/xirs) or she/her/hers
Country	USA
Time zone	12:00, November 11, 2024 EST [refresh]
Ethnicity	White
Handedness	Right-handed
Sexuality	Asexual lesbian
Education and employment
Occupation	Cellist, chess player and coach
Hobbies, interests and beliefs
Religion	Nonpracticing Jewish
Politics	Anarcho-communist
Interests
	Computer programming; Editing/Proofreading; Game development (tabletop); Vector graphic design; Linguistics; Mathematics; Music (composition, theory, and performance); Pedagogy;
Contact info
Website	https://eszter.cc/
Email	mailto:info@eszter.cc
Account statistics
Joined	December 16, 2019

User's languages

Natural languages

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

es-4

El nivel de este usuario corresponde al de un hablante casi nativo del español.

fr-1

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.

de-1

Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

it-1

Questa utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano.

Constructed languages

simple
2

This user is able to help out with an intermediate level of Simple English.

Technical languages

ipa-4
ə

This user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Java

This user can program in Java.

This user can program in Python.

C

This user can program in C.

LaTeX

This user can typeset using LaTeX.

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Modus Operandi

“

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

”

— Dalai Lama

Plurality

This user is plural; we have two members, Eszter and Lily, who will front and edit Wiki projects. It is not required to memorize our names; referring to any of us by our username DancingGrumpyCat is sufficient.

If we use a first-person pronoun to describe ourselves in totality or in plurality, it will be "we" or a similar pronoun in any language. Any one of us referring to themself alone will use the pronoun "I," or again a similar pronoun in any language.

Eszter

Name

My name is Hungarian in origin. It is a cognate with Esther (Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר).

Pronunciation

(General American) US: /ˈɛstər/
(Received Pronunciation) UK: /ˈɛstər/ or UK: /ˈɛstə/
(Hungarian) /ˈɛstɛɾ/

Pronouns

Ze/zir/zirs is a set of neopronouns (see also gender identity). They are declined similarly to she/her/hers in English:

Inflection table comparing she/her with ze/zir
Pronoun:		she or ze
Example 1 (NOM):	I liked the edits	she	/	ze	made.
Example 2 (POSS):	I don't agree with	her	/	zir	decision.
Example 3 (POSS):	The rights to that design are	hers	/	zirs.
Example 4 (DAT):	I gave my permission to	her	/	zir	to do that.

Pronunciation

ze: US: /ziː/ zir: US: /zɪr/ zirs: US: /zɪrz/

Xe/xir/xirs is also an acceptable pronoun set, pronounced the same way.

Preferred pronouns in other languages, and other gendered identifiers

In languages with personal-gendered parts of speech such as Spanish or Hebrew, refer to me in the female (Spanish: ella/su, Hebrew: היא). Please never refer to me with any masculine identifiers (including "sir"); female or neutral ones are available in any language.

Lily

Name

My name is directly derived from the flower, genus Lilium. It is also short for Lilith (Hebrew: לִילִית Lîlîṯ).

Former name

I formerly went by and will still respond to Violet (US: /ˈvaɪəlɪt/). I currently use it as a middle name.

Pronunciation

(IPA) /ˈlɪli/ (Lily) or /ˈlɪlɪθ/ (Lilith).

Pronouns

My preferred pronouns are the same as Eszter's.

Interests

Computer programming

We have been programming for 8–9 years, since our junior year of high school.

Editing/Proofreading

We enjoy editing, proofreading, and generally any maintenance task which appears more clean, polished, or complete afterwards.

Game development (tabletop)

We create board games.

Vector graphic design

We create vector art, mainly for use in diagrams and our board game prototypes.

Linguistics

We speak English and Spanish with fluency, and we study linguistics for the purpose of conlanging and worldbuilding. We'd like to learn Yiddish, and have an interest in the cyrillicization of Yiddish writing from a linguistic standpoint disregarding any political implications.

Mathematics

We have a calculus-level understanding of mathematics and we are learning linear algebra.

Music

We have been practicing cello for 14–15 years, practice piano occasionally, and study the theory of how to play many other instruments. We use this knowledge to compose and write about music. We have an affinity for xenharmonic (also called microtonal) music. We appreciate videogame music and its composition but have no experience with DAWs.

Our taste in music to listen to ranges from Western art music to heavy metal to big band, among many other genres.

Pedagogy

We aspire to teach ourselves and others with accuracy, brevity, and clarity.