Is it insensitive to make puns in pronouns?

It just occurred to me that you could tweak "He/Him" into "He/Hime"; Hime is the Japanese word for princess (姫). 👸

To me this seems like a harmless pun. I could see this pairing resonating with some folks, but I've also seen many faux pronouns done in poor taste (Profanity/Profanity).

What about "He/Ham"? 🐖🃏

The implication being they are a joker (or operate 📻). It's no gender expression, but it does express personality.

Thoughts?

Tangentially, I've been pondering what to say when formally addressing a crowd. 🤔

The best I've come up with was changing "Ladies and Gentlemen" to "Ladies, They-ties, and Gentlemen".

That this could be misheard as "deities" amuses me. 🤣

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