Re: Apical pronoun in english?

Tim May scripsit:

> 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.
In her unpublished (I think) screenplay for LHD, she uses "a"
(possessive "en") as the epicene pronoun.  There's a long list at
http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/baron/essays/epicene.htm which even
mentions me!

--
Work hard,                                      John Cowan
play hard,                                      jcowan@reutershealth.com
die young,                                      http://www.reutershealth.com
rot quickly.                                    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

Reply