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hunter
(38,264 posts)Or contractions of those.
Like this:
Tell 'em I'll call 'em back.
Sentath
(2,243 posts)Though I find from reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronoun that they should probably be called Elverson pronouns, though I personally use the LambdaMOO set with e for 3rd person singular.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)and your little dog, too.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Dontcha know.
DFW
(54,055 posts)And if they talk quickly, you have to listen hard to catch the difference anyway. By the way, in Swedish, the "hon" is pronounced like the English "hoon," but abruptly, without dragging the sound out.
I remember when I first started taking Swedish in college, and after the winter break, our professor came back from Sweden and announced that the formal 2nd person singluar form of address (like the French "vous," the Russian "Вы," the German "Sie," or the Spanish "Usted" was no longer in use, and that everyone now just used the informal "du." So she started doing that in class, and here we were addressing this very formal professor using the same form as we used to address the student sitting at the next desk.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)ashling
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kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)Or raise your hackles.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Or upset me.
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Don't you agree ... [img][/img]
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)Not really living up to the "Evil" part of my username eh? heh
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Honestly, don't know what's gotten into moi.
But ... one or two well meaning DUers are begging me ...
don't stop.
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)I've been here a while, but only starting posting semi-regularly lately, so I prefer not to break too many standards and rules...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I really do try not to break any rules.
I just find human sexuality fascinating in all non-painful aspects.
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)but now I know.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Not here or anywhere.
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)but not to any specific thing or person, I don't call people that word, it just comes out, been saying it so long... My girlfriend is slowly weening me off it. I swear A LOT!!!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)EvilAL
(1,437 posts)Wanna get high??
Wanna get high??
Wanna get high??
In_The_Wind
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They want the seed!
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want some
want some
want some
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)eShirl
(18,466 posts)In_The_Wind
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Chan790
(20,176 posts)Sentath
(2,243 posts)he she e
him her em
his her eir
his hers eirs
he she e
olddots
(10,237 posts)Wish our language wasn't so gender explicate or in such a hurry to judge .
A boat or ship is a she --- I had a van that I thought was male but my pickup truck is a girl -----our dogs seem like different genders
My transgender friends and family make me constantly be on my toes but I know they forgive me when I have a lapse of verbal sense .
Even slang is confusing --is a doofus male when a dweeb may be unisex ?