| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 10, 2000, 22:29 |
Jeff Jones wrote:> To me, "it" suggests an inanimate object, and you seem to be rather > animate!Indeed, even animals are usually referred to by gendered pronouns. It's interesting the way that the two sides of the abortion debate use pronouns. Pro-abortion people tend to use "it" for the fetus, while anti-abortion people tend to use "she" for the fetus.> I usually refer to a person of unknown gender as "they"; this also works > well if the person has multiple personalities.:-)