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Re: Apical pronoun in english?

From:David Peterson <thatbluecat@...>
Date:Thursday, March 4, 2004, 6:58
Remi wrote:

<<What kind of neologism would create a native english speaker?

he + she = *hes [his]
him + her = *hem [h@m]
his + her = *hir [hir]
>>
Generally, one says s/he, him/her, and his/hers, if one wants to be...I don't know, proper? Specific? Otherwise you use the third person plural. Of slight interest is the movement in the 70's to create new pronouns. They were hideous looking, and they were supposed to be gender neutral. I can't remember exactly what they are, but they were something like "hym", "hus" and...uh..."hyn"? Anyone remember this? I found in a 12 Steps book lying around my co-op back at Berkeley that was published in the late 70's. -David P.S.: What do you mean by "apical"? When you say "apical" on a language-related list, I think of apical consonants, such as the infamous apical /s/ in Spanish.