On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, keith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +0100 > Tony van der Hoff <[email protected]> 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), "they" doesn't sound horrible and ridiculously artificial. > One does normally use 's/he'. :) And "they" can be used in speech as well as writing. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_xg-up7kaupgz_n-r_k-qxclgnv2+uucvnteco+3p...@mail.gmail.com
