Pronoun questions
Jun. 13th, 2010 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megwritesI've been researching gender-neutral pronouns in the English language this weekend.
I'm wondering what pronouns are most commonly used and in what contexts. I've come into contact with a/ou, though I'm still not sure if I'm using them correctly in a grammatical sense. I did not know that a/ou originated in Old and Middle English.
I'm more familiar with zie/zir and sie/hir, but I'm wondering if they have different connotations or can indicate different things? I haven't found a lot of links about that yet. Most of what I found just seems to explain that they exist and where they fit grammatically.
So if anyone has links, info, opinions, I'd love it if you shared.
I'm wondering what pronouns are most commonly used and in what contexts. I've come into contact with a/ou, though I'm still not sure if I'm using them correctly in a grammatical sense. I did not know that a/ou originated in Old and Middle English.
I'm more familiar with zie/zir and sie/hir, but I'm wondering if they have different connotations or can indicate different things? I haven't found a lot of links about that yet. Most of what I found just seems to explain that they exist and where they fit grammatically.
So if anyone has links, info, opinions, I'd love it if you shared.
