I was familiar with ט'מטום, but not the other two, Back to mainframers: What's the story on VSE^n?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of David Spiegel [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ] Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, It's a good thing that טומטום and אנררוגינוס were not introduced into this discussion. That might really cloud the issues. Regards, David On 2022-06-09 16:49, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Neuter singular pronouns for living beings. "They" and "them" are nominally > plural in contemporary English, while "it" only applies to inanimate objects. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C6b81d10651f64c7456ba08da4a65911f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637904097328546228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mKaBhWiDavO6sa4IFpLtIal44NvYtBOJFMmjpMFWyMQ%3D&reserved=0 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > Bob Bridges [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ] Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") > > Wait a moment, Shmuel: English still has the neuter. In fact ~most~ of our > nouns are neuter, barring only a few exceptions, unlike the Romance > languages which have only masculine and feminine. In English, almost every > non-human noun and a handful of human ones are "it". What did you mean to > say? > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Jesus summons men to follow him not as a teacher or a pattern of the good > life, but as the Christ, the Son of God. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, _The Cost of > Discipleship_ */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Seymour J Metz > Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2022 11:44 > > Now, I could make a case that we would be better off had we retained the > neuter gender. But most of what you mentioned doesn't represent an obvious > loss of clarity, conciseness, expressive power or precision. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
