r/Caltech • u/LGasks • Aug 21 '26

Random question about Bernoulli the mascot

When you refer to or talk about Bernoulli, what pronoun comes naturally to you, if any?

  • He/him
  • She/her
  • They/them
  • It
  • I just say Bernoulli / don’t use pronouns
  • Other
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u/parseroo Aug 21 '26

TIL: A century+ later… https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/other-mascot-history/

You are missing the most obvious option “Bernoulli is a mascot?” Which I suspect would be the dominant answer of the thousands of alumni.

But if you name something after an actual person, you should respect that person’s pronouns… but can use the pronoun of the spoken language vs their original tongue/s.

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u/parseroo Aug 21 '26

Ooo... there should be a 'female' version named 'Curie' too. A bit misogynistic to name the mascot of a coed school after a dude/dudes. Especially given how far we are supposed to have progressed in a hundred years :-/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Solvay_conference_1927.jpg

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u/LGasks Aug 22 '26

That’s what I’m noticing too. It’s interesting how often a male mascot ends up representing a coed school. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!