Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she Message-ID: <639@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:44:22 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.639 Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:44:22 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 00:50:02 EST References: <367@rayssd.UUCP>, <28500001@uo-vax1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 24 -- >>> >I vote for using 'HE'!!! That is standard english usage an there is >>> >no reason to change. >>> One reason to change should be obvious! There are a number of 'she' >>> people around who are NOT included in standard english usage. If you see any merit to the Sapir-Wharrf hypothesis--that words are the tools which shape the way you think--then you'll have to admit that using 'he' as the generic third person must contradict any ideals of sexual equality. This situation may not have a good remedy, and some may believe that it doesn't need one, but that does not invalidate the problem. An imaginative non-sexist third-person pronoun was developed by the Twin Oaks Community in Virginia. Highly committed to a philosophy of co-operative living, they use "co". Declension: "co, cos, co." -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 12 Feb 84 [23 Pluviose An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***