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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On Fri, 18 May 2012 12:22:28 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
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> 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, Ita
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 o
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
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'
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
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:25 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
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 a
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, keith wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +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.
Unlike those (and similar invented things)
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 ru
On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +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.
One does normally use 's/he'. :)
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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 wrote:
> >>> On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
> On 17/05/2
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 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 hi
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:59:40PM BST, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale 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.
> >>>
> >>>
>
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale 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"? ;)
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