Posted: May 26, 2010 11:35 pm
"Gendered pronouns notoriously are the front line of such consciousness-raising. He or she must ask himself or herself whether his or her sense of style could ever allow himself or herself to write like this." -Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
How much sense is there in procrastinating on these issues? At some point, we would like to have gender-abstract personal pronouns, and we would want them to sound good.
For starters, how about:
he, she, ze ("zee")
his, her, zir ("zeer")
him, her, zem ("zeem"), zer ("zur"), or zerm ("zurm")
I was thinking, it might be a bit unfair to those who speak with a German accent, but it is at least a possibility, among others.
What are your ideas?
How much sense is there in procrastinating on these issues? At some point, we would like to have gender-abstract personal pronouns, and we would want them to sound good.
For starters, how about:
he, she, ze ("zee")
his, her, zir ("zeer")
him, her, zem ("zeem"), zer ("zur"), or zerm ("zurm")
I was thinking, it might be a bit unfair to those who speak with a German accent, but it is at least a possibility, among others.
What are your ideas?