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Authored by: FreeChief on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 12:50 PM EDT |
I use the following set,
singular plural
ey
they
em
them
eir
their
emself themselves
For
example:
This belongs to professor Strong, so if ey comes in, give
it to em, or put it in eir mailbox and let em get it
emself.
It's easy to remember and not hard to say. It's also
unobtrusive. If you pronounce "ey" to rhyme with "he" and "she" instead of
"they" it will pass unnoticed in speach. If you want to emphasize gender
neutrality, just pronounce it like "they".
— Programmer in
Chief
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Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, July 31 2012 @ 05:54 PM EDT |
Actually no.
When you look at where the words came from, we have
(hu)man - gender neutral
wer-man - male
wif-man - female
But we've dropped the wer to make man the male version, and changed wifman to
woman.
"man" is a gender neutral word. That said, I also tend to use either
sh-he or they when I don't know the gender - I just feel it's more respectful to
women. That's the important thing - to show respect.
Cheers,
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