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Re: wait for it

#148361 09/28/05 04:10 PM

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R'lyeh

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R'lyeh

(The language is moving toward using "they," which don't bother me none atall.)

Singular, gender-neutral they has been in use since around Chaucer's time. Give it a couple of more years and it should re-arrive.

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxgender.html

Language Log has some choice postings on it, too.

Ceci n'est pas un seing.

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Re: 'manned/unmanned' and gender neutralisation inselpeter 09/28/05 03:31 PM

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Re: wait for it inselpeter 09/28/05 04:59 PM

Re: wait for it zmjezhd 09/28/05 06:04 PM

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Re: back to the original question belMarduk 09/29/05 11:42 AM

Re: back to the original question zmjezhd 09/29/05 11:48 AM

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