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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>> El día Friday, January 15, 2010 a las 02:04:07PM +0100, Jan Girlich escribió:<BR>>> Am Freitag, den 15.01.2010, 10:04 +0000 schrieb Neil Jerram:<BR>>> > 2010/1/15 pike <pike-openmoko@kw.nl>:<BR>>> > > I wish there was a form<BR>>> > > for his/er (her/is), too...<BR>>> ><BR>>> > There is. It's "their".<BR>>><BR>>> Difference is pike is using singular, you're using plural, Neil. Using<BR>>> plural just seems like a quick hack to me, the real bugfix would be to<BR>>> introduce a proper word for he/she, him/his, ... in the English<BR>>> language. I believe other languages have a third form which has no<BR>>> gender. Was it Spanish?<BR>>><BR>>> (haven't read the whole thread, just my 2¢)<BR>>> Jan<BR>><BR>>All this is Off-Topic; please move to some English-Grammar or whatever<BR>>list;<BR>><BR>>Thx<BR>><BR>> matthias<BR>>--<BR>>Matthias Apitz<BR>>t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211<BR>>e <guru@unixarea.de> - w <A href="http://www.unixarea.de/">http://www.unixarea.de/</A><BR>>Vote NO to EU The Lisbon Treaty: <A href="http://www.no-means-no.eu">http://www.no-means-no.eu</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>No we dont have a neutral gender in Spanish, but the Spanish for 'his' and 'her' is the same ('su') so we don't have that problem:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>'his/her Freerunner' ==> 'su Freerunner'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>As for English, I prefer 'their' rather than 'his/her'. I wonder how this issue was solved in the past. Such a usual problem must have been solved centuries ago in the English literature, no?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>And yes, this is totally off-topic, and the where-can-I-meet-a-female topic is totally ridiculous and bad taste and I think the list administrator (if there is one) should do something about it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Juan Lucas</FONT></DIV>
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