Re: Gender
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 6:32 |
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, David Peterson wrote:
> In a message dated 12/3/01 6:38:30 AM, AJohnson@FOLEYHOAG.COM writes:
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> << And unborn children are often called "it", especially by
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> pro-abortionists. >>
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> I'd always call an unborn child "it" if I didn't know the gender. It's
> much easier than saying "he or she", and since our pronoun system is gender
> specific, it's the only ideal alternative, if you do want to use a pronoun.
What's wrong with the generic pronoun `they'? Although I'd say `it' too...
`Don't give your baby an abortion! Have you asked it if it wants to die?'
Tristan
anstouh@yahoo.com.au
War doesn't prove who's right, just who's left.
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