The word that makes the world a better place

[@Roguechan]

Ian moved me to tears with his wording and expression. He's so full of love and passion

[@marianogringaus]

me too!

[@deepulse9752]

Great human being ❤ and you too. Feelings matter. You matter. We matter. ❤

[@mojawa]

That simple conversation kind of hit me like a train.

[@ViggoStark]

Me too, love. Me too.

[@marianogringaus]

me too. It makes me cry so strong. Love it so much!

[@PGHArtistGuy09]

Recently, and for the first time in my 69 years, I've been introduced to folk who call themselves, "they/them." It's also a practice at my workplace to introduce oneself with the pronouns you use for yourself. I struggle immensely trying to get it right, not wanting to hurt anyone. And to respect their identity. Here's a simple, beautiful answer. From the beautiful wisdom learned from a lifetime of watching and listening. Ian McKellen. "The word that makes the world a better place." He's a treasure!

[@Ambient_Fruit]

As someone with several they/them friends I am super with you. But I have learnt that almost all of them understand it's not easy to change habits of a lifetime and they get that you're trying.

[@ordinaryday6]

obv i'm late to this, but still; those aren't my pronouns (he/him), but as a trans person, thank you for caring. that's what we need.

[@jamesthompson8084]

Ive lived in Manchester my whole life. Saw this clip and thought, na it doesn't happen that often. But I was working on site the other day and a couple of lads were filling out paperwork. One turned to the other and said "date's it, love?". And I noticed it, but It was the most natural thing in the world to me. Thought of this clip

[@DarkCreed]

'You alright love?'

[@sherpajones]

Calling someone love isn't just a term of endearment. You are addressing them by their proper name. You are calling forward a loving person to respond to you.

[@silkyway4024]

I come back to this video once in a while because it's so wholesome and beautiful. It always brings tears to my eyes. Living in Europe these days as a queer person... Ians massage is more important than ever

[@margaretlumley1648]

Ian McKellen is a gem. If only everyone had his kindness, humanity and beauty

[@blogorgonopsid]

What a sweet man. Love him.

[@shaneomahoney2703]

Absolutely love him, he's one of the nicest people would ever meet. Had the privilage of meeting him by pure utter chance two years ago when i was working over in England, I apologised to him for interrupting his day. I nearly forgot how to speak when I was with him and he just starting laughing. Took the time to allow me to facetime my father and brother, who are big LOTR fans, and proceeding to tell them " You shall not pass" 😂😂, took the time to take a photo or two aswell. Deinitely one of the best moments that I will always cherish

[@leonardocucchiara4782]

Ian is such a treasure! I love him dearly

[@paolabueso]

This is a really beautiful clip! Thank you for sharing it.

[@NadezhdaNikanorova]

imagine if the world was full of people who had sir Ian as their role model instead of Andrew Tate

[@autumnjacaranda106]

⁠Because one is a rapist and a human trafficker, @@redundantadaptation6754. That’s why.

[@joehopper7373]

​@@redundantadaptation6754Because one is under investigation for sex trafficking and rape and the other is Sir Ian McKellen.

[@vaarslac6091]

@@redundantadaptation6754 Because one is the embodiment of that word he choose. The other has distorted the meaning of "love" or "self-love" to such a point than some, probably even most, of those he influences chose to better their lives by hating others so bitterly that became a life goal.

[@GringoBrasileiro2022]

@@redundantadaptation6754Because one isn’t

[@HarryPortfelGaming]

​@@redundantadaptation6754Because one of them is a scumbag, a monster, a literal human trafficker? Tate doesn't deserve to be called a role model. He doesn't even deserve to be called "love" by a taxi driver.

[@Thyseus12]

From Lancashire and I call everyone love no matter who they are, serving me a beer...cheers love, coffee in the morning thanks love, getting lunch thanks love...now tell me who served me? You can't cos it's the best way to say thank you to whoever you are who served me

[@stormbard]

I do wish I could meet Ian in person just once and tell him how much he’s meant to me. I love him to bits.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

Yep. North. That's why I miss it.

[@chrisunsworth2642]

It's very northern, It's used in Wigan all the time, Ian McKellen lived in Wigan as a youth.

[@Rubionion]

As someone from St Helens who’s worked at Wigan hospital for 10 years. Everyone is love and I do my best for the people I love.

[@rampiranha]

I'm not crying...

[@TigerPrawn_]

It's okay to cry, my love.

[@DrStephenTee]

I think it might be a Yorkshire thing. It's been part of my culture since I was born. Bus drivers (usually males), bouncers (male) call people love all the time. I used to think it was a male to women custom but its really not. I love it (pun intended) 😂💙

[@kissychaotica]

It's 100% a Canadian Maritime provinces thing we say to everyone.

[@user-cl3tq3pj7u]

Love is the answer ❤

[@GrantTarredus]

It really is.

[@mcjs8640]

I grew up with people calling each other, 'love,' but I grew up on the outskirts of South West London. Maybe it's regional, but I wonder if class is a factor.

[@finmat95]

I think actions speak louder than words, i don't mind if a person calls me "love" but, instead, i mind if he/she did his/her job right with impartiality, professionalism and diligence.

[@denisebell8422]

I'm a Manc I call everyone love ❤

[@charlietaylor3152]

There’s someone watching this and thinking “he’s an actor, putting on his accent” and you couldn’t be more wrong. That is an accent bursting out of someone after half a century of educated repression.

[@jamesthompson8084]

"Comrade would do" nice one love!

[@davidlucey1311]

How nice 😊

Funny enough, in Venice (and in that area only, as far as I know) locals do the same, and I always found it weird and cute at the same time.

[@lindildeev5721]

Exactly what a true follower of Nienna would say.

[@imdefinitelynotjesus]

All you need is love.

[@lennonjohn3796]

❤❤❤

[@umernaeem6655]

Gandalf has spoken

[@EnglishAbundance]

Love you, loves!

[@bullymaguire7693]

It’s just something so endearing to me, hearing about older people being so accepting and so loving and willing to learn with and about pronouns and trans people. Everyone has pronouns, it just comes with speaking the language, but unfortunately even people of the generation that I’m from Are not willing to accept that bc most of the time it’s trans people to talk about them, and so they decide to hate on pronouns simply bc it’s connected to trans people, but then I hear of my grandfather who tries his best to remember my boyfriends pronouns, and sir Ian mckellen here loving to trans people, I can’t help but smile

[@JulietteReacts]

If you want another example of an old person accepting inclusive language I recommend the clip of Miriam Margoyles talking about pronouns on Graham Norton. :)

[@xBaristaPaul]

Ooooooo he is the head of police in Birmingham ( peaky blinders)

[@dennybell3042]

I'm a manc I call everyone love ❤️❤️

[@driezzy]

How would you say it in Dutch/Flemish?

[@mg-yl1uv]

Beautiful and moving, however in many languages it's not that easy, there you have to make a choice, masculine, feminine, plural...

[@TigerPrawn_]

Language changes. They now have iel in french as the singular neutral third person pronoun

[@ScottStewart92]

whats the full podcast

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

music.amazon.fr/podcasts/47fa15e2-0414-4432-87a7-351d1a25ea25/episodes/f512293e-9361-4994-91e1-e3ace3181885/three-little-words-ian-mckellen 😉

[@jpjordan90]

Who is the other man with Ian and John?

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Tony Pitts 😉

[@CalmingVision]

Where is the real clip (pdcas) where can I find him?

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

music.amazon.fr/podcasts/47fa15e2-0414-4432-87a7-351d1a25ea25/episodes/f512293e-9361-4994-91e1-e3ace3181885/three-little-words-ian-mckellen 😉

[@efitriasasadit2618]

Oldest,,, bagaimana dengan umur ,, moga bahagia selalu,,sehat sejahtera,, karena movie yang anda perankan moga baik2 saja,, penulis hebat juga,,???

[@silkyway4024]

❤️❤️❤️ ☺️

[@KarmasAbutch]

It’s worth a mention that “there’s nowt so queer as folk” is also Northern and translation in its simplest form meant -there’s nothing as strange as us- one of the most inclusive and accepting phrases you could imagine. It slammed the door shut on any attempt at “othering” people or us/them mentality. Now everyone’s is a special snowflake in a sub-category of a sub-category and we seem to have gone backwards and become ultra-selfish as a species. It’s up to each of us to keep these phrases of human warmth and this old wisdom alive. Alreet? Ta love! Off ya go then. 😊

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Minorities, in one population or another, have always existed. And the fact that they demand more respect is not incompatible with the fact that, at the end of the day, we're all human. In fact, it's one of the main reasons for this demand.

[@KarmasAbutch]

@@lecapharnaum2.0 I wasn’t referring to minorities I was referring to individuals.

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Aren't the "sub-categories" you mention minorities? 😉

[@mcchannel1736]

We call each other bab in brum.

[@thebestplaguemarine3130]

Sweetheart love darling love saying it me boss he’s from Bolton and he calls everyone babe or ace it’s the best

[@Jordyio]

Never thought of it that way. I can honestly say the blowing up of pronouns and gender identity oversaturated the importance of the pronouns. However, saying "love" as a pronoun is pretty great in all scenarios.

[@joaquinpraveenvishnu8509]

Meanwhile in Malaysia... Sigh 😲😔

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Stay strong 💪

[@ryan-yorkshirebiker2597]

Im a 90's kid from yorkshire.....always greeted people with 'eyup love' and leave with 'ta'ra love'! All these modern day pronouns are an absolute joke. Ian hits the nail on the head by saying 'love covers everything'...well bloody said!

[@sianp5227]

Except Ian isn't saying pronouns are a joke, I'm sure as a gay man he has a little bit of heart towards anyone struggling with identity issues, his point was if you don't know what to call someone, or don't want to assume, then love covers it all - and wouldn't it be better with more love in the world than calling things you don't relate to an absolute joke?

[@KarmasAbutch]

Ay theres nowt so queer as folk is there luv? ☺️

[@shadesamurai]

​​@@sianp5227except that the pronounce folk would absolutely slaughter you if you called them "love"..

[@Light-Shift]

This is a tough call especially when you can't even do it for the spiritual beings that are women.

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Given the degree of bitterness in your comment, personally I'm not really surprised that the women you’re in contact with don't accept when you tell them, love. But I think the best thing would be for women to respond to you.

[@CeruleanSword]

If males do it to males, they get accused of being gay. If males do it to females, they get accused of hitting on them. So males don’t do it. You’re correct, and society does need to change further to allow this to happen. The video creator responding to you in this thread is unnecessarily aggressive, rude and clueless. By the way, I’m gay too.

[@aledbrown2040]

Until you meet a feminist. Dont call them love

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Are you a feminist?

[@v.sub.6027]

Gayyyy !!!

[@v.sub.6027]

Shall I be ready to be called upon, ever I do express my love for this man. ❤

[@lecapharnaum2.0]

Well imho, you could express it much better than with caveman humor, love.

[@v.sub.6027]

@@lecapharnaum2.0 Well he is gay. And I still love him as a person, actor and gem that he is.

[@diskgrinder]

There’s another Britishism that answers your comment: pillock

[@davebrown9707]

​@@v.sub.6027 shaun of the dead?

[@LokiAndLoiDontGiveADamn]

Real man does NOT get insecure about his masculinity simply when being called by seemingly non-masculine words. Not everyone is this confident irl though.

[@KyleFletcher-g7y]

I’m a proud Mancunian nothing beat Manchester best city in the world huge football culture and also probably one of the most multicultural places in the UK no love better that manny let me tell you 👌🏻❤️🔴⚫️⚪️🙏🏻