Re: French (was Re: Re: Optimum number of symbols)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 25, 2002, 10:03 |
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At 18:00 2002-05-24 -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> >...though there are extensive
> >discussions about creating third-person gender neutral pronouns for
>english,
> >like xe/xir, hey/hem/heir, and so forth.
>
>The one I really like was introduced (without success, of course) by Marge
>Piercy in her lovely novel "Woman at the Edge of Time"-- _per_, used for
>subject/object, _pers_ possessive. (< person, of course)
The only alternative with some chance of success is, of course, _they_,
since it is strictly speaking not a neologism at all!
/BP 8^)>
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B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X)
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