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4. Who uses zie, sie, ey, ve, etc? I haven't seen them before.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 01:16 PM

Oct 2019

Doesn't seem likely they or any of the others in the bottom half of the post will come into common usage anytime soon.

Many of them look like foreign words even.

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Calling all grammar geeks and word nerds [View all] mfcorey1 Oct 2019 OP

The singular 'they' is quite old: Qutzupalotl Oct 2019 #1

What's new is adopting it as the original referring pronoun. Igel Oct 2019 #5

The generic pronoun has been a point of debate since the 80's B Stieg Oct 2019 #2

I do not like "they" being used as a singular pronoun! Informally, fine, but for the sake of emmaverybo Oct 2019 #3

Who uses zie, sie, ey, ve, etc? I haven't seen them before. brush Oct 2019 #4

"Zie plane, zie plane!" Tatoo exclaimed. yonder Oct 2019 #9

That's ok. I got a chuckle out of it. And it's appropriate since Tatoo's language... brush Oct 2019 #10

Years ago I got two applications for an American Express card in the mail on the same day. CrispyQ Oct 2019 #6

Total silliness. Fortunately, the English language has perfectly acceptable Glorfindel Oct 2019 #7

I frequently use "they" PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #8

In our rush to surrender to tyranny of the extreme minority of the dermal depth deficiency afflicted aka-chmeee Oct 2019 #11

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