Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrdave From: ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) Newsgroups: net.lang,net.women Subject: Re: Pronouns devoid of gender connotations. Message-ID: <359@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 19:46:38 EDT Article-I.D.: ucdavis.359 Posted: Sat Jul 13 19:46:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 09:01:31 EDT References: <520@leadsv.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.lang:1645 net.women:6385 > 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.