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Title: New Fix To The Pronoun Problem
Post by: LostInTime on June 15, 2007, 09:11:17 AM
Post by: LostInTime on June 15, 2007, 09:11:17 AM
Hartford Courant (http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-pronouns.artjun15,0,3747543.story?coll=hc-headlines-life)
June 15, 2007
By WILLIAM WEIR, Courant Staff Writer
Some have taken the more extreme approach of devising entirely new pronouns that specify no gender. "Ne," "hizer," "thon" "shem" and "herm" are just a few that have come along, and faded almost as quickly. They're known as gender-neutral, or epicene, pronouns.
The latest such pronoun comes from DeAnn DeLuna, who teaches literature at Johns Hopkins University.
June 15, 2007
By WILLIAM WEIR, Courant Staff Writer
Some have taken the more extreme approach of devising entirely new pronouns that specify no gender. "Ne," "hizer," "thon" "shem" and "herm" are just a few that have come along, and faded almost as quickly. They're known as gender-neutral, or epicene, pronouns.
The latest such pronoun comes from DeAnn DeLuna, who teaches literature at Johns Hopkins University.
Title: Re: New Fix To The Pronoun Problem
Post by: Lisbeth on June 15, 2007, 12:53:50 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on June 15, 2007, 12:53:50 PM
What does hu think hu will accomplish?
Title: Re: New Fix To The Pronoun Problem
Post by: Hazumu on June 17, 2007, 12:08:46 PM
Post by: Hazumu on June 17, 2007, 12:08:46 PM
I'd be surprised if it caught on. Didn't we go through something like this in the 70's? The only thing that caught on from that era was Ms. to replace Miss/Mrs.
Karen
Karen