Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!barryg From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women Subject: Re: Non-gendered Pronouns (besides "they") Message-ID: <1645@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 16:32:23 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1645 Posted: Sun Jan 6 16:32:23 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 05:06:59 EST References: <218@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2334 net.women:3984 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 Alternatively I konw one (unpublished) sf writer who uses "a" (pronounced /ah/) as an all-purpose pronoun for ANY gender (useful in a setting in which there may be more than two.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