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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Does such a word exist? #170801 10/22/2007 9:32 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Alex stranger Alex stranger Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Anu How often do we have to use a gender neutral word? He or She. "We" is gender neutral. So is "you" and I etc. Does a word for "he or she", "he and she" exist? I once heard that an Indo European word for such was "Hu". Any truth to that? Alex Sidline Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Does such a word exist? Alex #170802 10/22/2007 9:37 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 they pronoun 2 [singular] used to refer to a person of unspecified sex: ask someone if they could help. —New Oxford American Dictionary Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Does such a word exist? Hydra #170803 10/22/2007 9:38 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 You've been ronned™. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Does such a word exist? Alex #170816 10/23/2007 1:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Welcome, Alex. Anu seldom posts on this message board. You might want to write to him directly, or await the comments of the many experts here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 19 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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