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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: sic distemper peever tsuwm #210905 05/13/13 03:14 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Why all the sics? Singular (non-gender-specific) they has been in use continuously for about 600 years. Chaucer, Shakespeare, the King James Bible, Austen, et alia have all used it. Nothing new and certainly nothing wrong grammatically. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted eggcorn sanA 02/21/13 08:51 AM Re: eggcorn Engelsepiet 02/21/13 09:27 AM Re: eggcorn Faldage 02/21/13 12:08 PM Re: eggcorn MikeW 02/21/13 09:59 AM Re: eggcorn Athena 02/21/13 11:32 AM Re: eggcorn Windischgirl 02/21/13 12:07 PM Re: eggcorn drewl512 02/21/13 12:12 PM Re: eggcorn LukeJavan8 02/21/13 04:17 PM Re: eggcorn Faldage 02/22/13 12:37 AM Re: eggcorn DAVE1 02/24/13 01:50 AM Re: eggcorn LukeJavan8 02/24/13 04:50 PM Re: eggcorn Jackie 05/13/13 01:25 PM Re: eggcorn Buffalo Shrdlu 05/13/13 01:53 PM Re: eggcorn tsuwm 05/13/13 03:00 PM Re: sic distemper peever zmjezhd 05/13/13 03:14 PM Re: sic distemper peever Buffalo Shrdlu 05/13/13 04:04 PM Re: sic distemper peever tsuwm 05/13/13 04:23 PM Re: no surrender zmjezhd 05/13/13 04:24 PM Re: no surrender Buffalo Shrdlu 05/14/13 12:05 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 517 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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