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Title: New pronouns irk grammarians
Post by: LostInTime on July 10, 2007, 03:47:24 PM
Post by: LostInTime on July 10, 2007, 03:47:24 PM
Nashua Telegraph (http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/STYLE/207100337/-1/style)
By WILLIAM WEIR, The Hartford Courant
Published: Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2007
Beyond grammatical and aesthetic concerns are the sociopolitical. Folks in the transgender community have long charged that "he" or "she" forces them into categories they don't necessarily identify with.
DeLuna says "hu" has been well-received within the transgender community. And she has given her creation a jump-start of sorts: She recently edited a book of essays about the historian J.G.A. Pocock and insisted that the book's writers use the pronoun. "I had to be very tactful," she says, but added that all the contributors went along with it.
By WILLIAM WEIR, The Hartford Courant
Published: Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2007
Beyond grammatical and aesthetic concerns are the sociopolitical. Folks in the transgender community have long charged that "he" or "she" forces them into categories they don't necessarily identify with.
DeLuna says "hu" has been well-received within the transgender community. And she has given her creation a jump-start of sorts: She recently edited a book of essays about the historian J.G.A. Pocock and insisted that the book's writers use the pronoun. "I had to be very tactful," she says, but added that all the contributors went along with it.
Title: Re: New pronouns irk grammarians
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 10, 2007, 03:58:30 PM
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 10, 2007, 03:58:30 PM
I saw that the article was posted July 10, but I know I read the exact same article about a month ago. It may even have been from a link I followed from this site.
Title: Re: New pronouns irk grammarians
Post by: LostInTime on July 10, 2007, 04:04:07 PM
Post by: LostInTime on July 10, 2007, 04:04:07 PM
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,14617.0.html
But the article that was linked was moved or deleted by the website.
But the article that was linked was moved or deleted by the website.
Title: Re: New pronouns irk grammarians
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 10, 2007, 04:29:45 PM
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 10, 2007, 04:29:45 PM
I was just curious. I was thinking that someone stole that article. Plus, I was shocked that I remembered it.
Since I'm here, I just want to say that the word "irk" irks me. :P
Since I'm here, I just want to say that the word "irk" irks me. :P