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From: ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless)
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Subject: Re: Pronouns devoid of gender connotations.
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 19:46:38 EDT
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> Tim Leary used "se" and "hir" for the third person neuter pronoun:
> 
> 	he	him	his
> 	she	her	hers
> 	se	hir	hirs
> 
> I think it has a nice androgynous sound.
> --
> -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian)
> -- UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter
> -- ARPA: baylor.peter@RICE.ARPA
> -- MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076; DELPHI: PJDASILVA
> --
Sounds like the Afrikaans sy and haar, for she & her.
> 	he	him	his
> 	she	her	hers
> 	se	hir	hirs
>       sy      haar
Is that politically fashionable these days.