Perceived linguistic gaps in English, and efforts to fill them

reesetee commented on the list perceived-linguistic-gaps-in-english-and-efforts-to-fill-them

Great idea for a list, sionnach! I'm thinking....

November 8, 2007

sionnach commented on the list perceived-linguistic-gaps-in-english-and-efforts-to-fill-them

Assorted suggestions for an epicene third-person pronoun are taken from the list at

list of historical suggestions for a third-person epicene pronoun

December 29, 2007

sionnach commented on the list perceived-linguistic-gaps-in-english-and-efforts-to-fill-them

Interesting discussions at the OUP blog:

http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/pronoun/

http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/

December 29, 2007

bilby commented on the list perceived-linguistic-gaps-in-english-and-efforts-to-fill-them

Excellent link to that epicene pronoun list. And as a wordie you have to love his little confession at the bottom: "Please send additions and corrections to me at the Department of English, Univ. of Illinois."

December 29, 2007