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On 17/03/12 13:59, Jan Claeys wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ireene-Sointu schreef op ma 12-03-2012 om 09:45 [+0000]:
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<pre wrap="">I would like this to be taken into account if/when anything relating to
gender pronouns is determined:
per = she or he
pers = her or his
pershelf = herself or himself
This would do away with a need to differentiate genders for those people
who do not want it; who want to emphasize our common humanity rather
than our differencies like I do.
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I agree that gender-neutral text might be desirable, but using the "per"
pronouns (or other synthetic ones like them) will only result in people
not understanding what you mean (they are only known by people who are
interested in gender topics). If anything, "singular they" might look a
bit strange/ungrammatical, but has the advantage that more people will
understand what you mean...
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That's very true - I usually go with her/his her/him or s/he etc -
clunky but easy to understand and, I hope, not too off-putting for
people who don't relate well to gender politics. <br>
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Paula<br>
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