Re: English Changes or what into Conlangs
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 4, 1999, 23:31 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> Another "real change": the change from hem to them. Hem sounded too
> much like "him,"
And "her" sounded exactly like "her". And the nom. pl. was "she",
homophonous with the 3rd feminine - as it is today in German, I believe
(Sie = she/they/you.formal, I think)
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