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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women
Subject: Re: Non-gendered Pronouns (besides "they")
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Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 16:32:23 EST
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Summary: 

Science fiction fans have been using hesh (or heesh), hiser, and himer
for some time now with a fair degree of success.  Alternatively
I konw one (unpublished) sf writer who uses "a" (pronounced /ah/) as
an all-purpose pronoun for ANY gender (useful in a setting in which
there may be more than two.

While I'm on the subject, don't forget the Poul Anderson novel in which
Vwi was used as the pronoun for God.

--Lee Gold