A Conversation for Gender-Free Pronouns
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Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. Started conversation Jun 24, 2002
hi again now it's beeen through pr can I say
one is fine
"Ich" is german for I (gender 3 singular 1st person pronoun)
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Martin Harper Posted Jun 24, 2002
Umm... I didn't mention 'ich'... what are you saying?
-Martin
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Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. Posted Jun 24, 2002
not much i like the idea but the phrase one is ther already and generally trying to help
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Martin Harper Posted Jun 24, 2002
Sure, but 'one' has a rather specific meaning (as an abbreviation for 'everyone'), and it'd be difficult to extend it without causing confusion. Also, it's not possible to distinguish between the subject and object cases, unlike other pronouns (eg, he/him, she/her, etc).
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Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. Posted Jun 24, 2002
mmmmm that sounds right in a way but some times poeple reffer to themselves as one confusing me
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Martin Harper Posted Jun 24, 2002
They do - but that's first person, and we're after a third person pronoun, to replace/supplement the third person 'he' and 'she'.
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Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. Posted Jun 24, 2002
my fault....
in the middle of my brain
Rousing chourus of 1000 join in to tune of my house
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- 1: Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. (Jun 24, 2002)
- 2: Martin Harper (Jun 24, 2002)
- 3: Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. (Jun 24, 2002)
- 4: Martin Harper (Jun 24, 2002)
- 5: Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. (Jun 24, 2002)
- 6: Martin Harper (Jun 24, 2002)
- 7: Alex 195614 As everyone else seems to like incredibly long names I keep mine ironically short. (Jun 24, 2002)
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