Re: Apical pronoun in english?
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 4, 2004, 20:08 |
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Tim May wrote at 2004-03-04 18:49:39 (+0000)
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> Alternatives would be to use he, she, or it consistently (Ursula Le
> Guin calls the Gethenians "he" in _The Left Hand of Darkness_ but
> "she" in the short story "Winter's King") or to use one of the many
> sets of epicene pronouns already created.
I accidentally sent this message before I was quite finished. I
wanted to include the following links, to a recent discussion of this
issue elsewhere:
http://www.longstoryshortpier.com/vaults/2004/03/01/sexing_the_pronoun
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001183.php