On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:09:24PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
On Thursday 17 May 2012 22:52:36 Kelly Clowers wrote:
I have no data for this, but I would be willing to bet that singular
they is in more widespread use in American English than any of
the invented words. Probably also more common than
On Friday 18 May 2012 10:06:37 Darac Marjal wrote:
It is generally agreed that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland speak
the same English as England (being all part of the same country).
They are not part of the same country, we are four countries, and we do not
all speak the same version of
On Fri, 18 May 2012 12:22:28 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
201205181222.28673.lisi.re...@gmail.com:
I understand American English. I usually do not understand Scottish
..clearly, Kircaldian is a Scottish language, but is it an...
English
...language? Yes, I have been there, I mean,
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 06:14:34PM +0100, rjc wrote:
Personally it doesn't bother me as much as illeism.
We are not amused. :)
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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing. --- Malcolm X
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale garyd...@rogers.com wrote:
On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote:
I suspect that file recovery is his current priority.
It's a she. :-)
It's? Shouldn't that be He's a she? ;)
These days I
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:59:40PM BST, Kelly Clowers wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale garyd...@rogers.com wrote:
On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote:
I suspect that file recovery is his current priority.
It's
On 17/05/12 17:23, rjc wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:59:40PM BST, Kelly Clowers wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale garyd...@rogers.com wrote:
On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote:
I suspect that file recovery is his
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 05:33:45PM BST, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
On 17/05/12 17:23, rjc wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:59:40PM BST, Kelly Clowers wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale garyd...@rogers.com wrote:
On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
On
On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +0100
Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org wrote:
It would be much better to originate a new word, such as heshe, or
shehe, and hisher, instead of overloading an existing plural.
One does normally use 's/he'. :)
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On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 05:33:45PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
It would be much better to originate a new word, such as heshe, or
shehe, and hisher, instead of overloading an existing plural.
Egan proposed/used 've', 'ver', 'vim' etc. in the book Diaspora. I
was never clear what rules
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, keith km3...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +0100
Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org wrote:
It would be much better to originate a new word, such as heshe, or
shehe, and hisher, instead of overloading an existing plural.
Unlike those (and
On Thursday 17 May 2012 20:52:36 Kelly Clowers wrote:
Unlike those (and similar invented things), they doesn't sound
horrible and ridiculously artificial.
To many of us, it does. It grates badly. I have no problem at all with
(s)he, I also contend that it's she is perfectly acceptable and
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 17 May 2012 20:52:36 Kelly Clowers wrote:
Unlike those (and similar invented things), they doesn't sound
horrible and ridiculously artificial.
To many of us, it does. It grates badly. I have no problem at all with
On Thursday 17 May 2012 22:52:36 Kelly Clowers wrote:
I have no data for this, but I would be willing to bet that singular
they is in more widespread use in American English than any of
the invented words. Probably also more common than it for
unknown-but-present gender.
Possibly! Don't get
On 17/05/12 05:25 PM, Lisi wrote:
On Thursday 17 May 2012 20:52:36 Kelly Clowers wrote:
Unlike those (and similar invented things), they doesn't sound
horrible and ridiculously artificial.
To many of us, it does. It grates badly. I have no problem at all with
(s)he, I also contend that it's
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