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From: jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: pronouns for Bryce
Message-ID: <1321@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 04:18:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 25 04:18:40 1987
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In article <2214@xanth.UUCP> kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>In article <8708200011.AA09857@cogsci.berkeley.edu> bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>>~~ Some linguist should come up with a neuter personal pronoun and eliminate
>>this sexist "he" or "she" stuff from modern literature.
>
>Actually, one pretty good attempt I've seen uses "ser", which sounds like a
>possessive case, with the vowel sound a little shorter and less structured
>than "sayer", but having the same average sound.  Perhaps "se", same

Actually the APA field (Amateur Press Association) has had a set for some years
now that are not much used outside; but, do avoid sexism...
For he or she: hesh
for him or her: himer
for his or hers: hiser
And so on...

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