Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!iuvax!brennan From: brennan@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she - (nf) Message-ID: <1577@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Feb-84 12:17:30 EST Article-I.D.: pur-ee.1577 Posted: Mon Feb 13 12:17:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 04:59:41 EST Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 21 #R:rayssd:-36700:iuvax:7100003:000:697 iuvax!brennan Feb 12 21:41:00 1984 gatech!brat said: > Using "they" is a bad idea, ..., ... it confounds the idea of singular > with plural - something we'd always like to get away from doing. "you" already confounds this idea. "they" still conjugates as a plural; it just does not, necessarily, refer to a plural. And, as rayssd!asa said, "all" can be added to specify the plural if needed. alberta!james said: > If we actually want to eliminate sexism in language, I recommend that > we eliminate one of two sets of words entirely from the english language: > 1) he, his, man, Mr, him, etc... > 2) she, her, hers, woman, Miss, Mrs, Ms, etc... We need to eliminate *both* sets! Jeff Brennan ...!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!brennan