Internet terms (was Re: to SierraDevn)

[PSmith9626]

thanks pollym,
I thought sie and hir (sic) were german. I stand corrected.
best
k

[ButrflPuzl]

Oh Polly,

Thank you so much for updating me on these conventions. It was kind of you and
we appreciate it that people here are kind in answering questions and not
putting us down for ignorance. It is so remarkable that children are gifted in
having questioning minds but so quickly that is lost. Here on ASD we can
reclaim so much of what was lost and usually be safe in doing that.

We like the terms sie and hir very much. Years ago (age is beginning to show)
there was an article in Ms. Magazine about using te for he/she and ter for
him/her. We are glad that the computer age is at least being more egalitarian.
Have a good day and we would like to say that we really enjoy reading posts by
you on the ng.
alc

[Martijn Dekker]

In article <1999020907...@asarian-host.org>, pollym
<pol...@asarian-host.org> wrote:

>Sie is an internet/usenet term for the gender-indeterminate pronoun (in
>place of he/she). Hir is the comparable gender-indeterminate pronoun for
>the posessive form (in place of his/hers or him/her). I think there are a
>few alternate replacements some people occasionally use, but these seem to
>be the most common.

Jim Sinclair at Autism Network International* has devised "xe" and "xyr"
for the same purposes.

- Martijn

* http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~bordner/ani.html

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[Tess Valerian]

Martijn Dekker (mar...@inlv.demon.nl) wrote:
: In article <1999020907...@asarian-host.org>, pollym

: <pol...@asarian-host.org> wrote:
:
: >Sie is an internet/usenet term for the gender-indeterminate pronoun (in
: >place of he/she). Hir is the comparable gender-indeterminate pronoun for
: >the posessive form (in place of his/hers or him/her). I think there are a
: >few alternate replacements some people occasionally use, but these seem to
: >be the most common.
:
: Jim Sinclair at Autism Network International* has devised "xe" and "xyr"
: for the same purposes.

But how do you pronounce those?

Tess

: - Martijn

:
: * http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~bordner/ani.html
:
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[Martijn Dekker]

In article <lo0w2.1142$wc6....@ralph.vnet.net>, te...@ASARian.org (Tess
Valerian) wrote:

>: Jim Sinclair at Autism Network International* has devised "xe" and "xyr"
>: for the same purposes.
>
>But how do you pronounce those?

Like "ze" and "zyr", presumably... since "Xerox" is pronounced "Zerox".
But I have never heard them pronounced.

- Martijn