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Nongendered pronoun possibility
Dec. 21st, 2017 09:03 pmThe guy on Language Transfer talks about how the word "que" in Spanish can mean either "what" or "that." Then he said this isn't the only time in English where changing the starting "w" to a "t" turns a question word into an answer word: where/there, when/then.
And who/tho. Oh, no, I guess not. But we could just make it be a nongendered pronoun.
"Tho" does look kind of like "thou." But our modern second-person pronoun is already nongendered.
And why/thy doesn't quite follow the pattern either. Not to mention "how."
Quote of the Day - I said this on Facebook yesterday: "I just realized that December 15 was the last day to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act and today is the first day we knew for sure that the penalty for not having insurance was going to be $0. It was impossible to make a properly informed decision. I guess you can get out of it by never paying and getting your insurance canceled? But I hope all my readers can afford insurance because you never know what's going to happen and because insurance companies negotiate down your prices for you even if you never reach your deductible."
Exercise update
Wednesday - I walked a short walk. Drove to pay my property taxes, so sad. But recently I saw that there was a sign saying "side walk closed; use other side" on both sides of 51st crossing over I-35. I had decided to walk via 290 instead, after taking a class at the gym. But there's no way I'm risking giving some of those old people my cold or whatever. Also it's been raining. And I really don't like waiting until the last minute, so I just drove. And filled my car with gas. I did feel my core muscles a little rolling the cookie dough, though.
yesterday - I got distracted all day and did no exercise at all. Oops!
And who/tho. Oh, no, I guess not. But we could just make it be a nongendered pronoun.
"Tho" does look kind of like "thou." But our modern second-person pronoun is already nongendered.
And why/thy doesn't quite follow the pattern either. Not to mention "how."
Quote of the Day - I said this on Facebook yesterday: "I just realized that December 15 was the last day to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act and today is the first day we knew for sure that the penalty for not having insurance was going to be $0. It was impossible to make a properly informed decision. I guess you can get out of it by never paying and getting your insurance canceled? But I hope all my readers can afford insurance because you never know what's going to happen and because insurance companies negotiate down your prices for you even if you never reach your deductible."
Exercise update
Wednesday - I walked a short walk. Drove to pay my property taxes, so sad. But recently I saw that there was a sign saying "side walk closed; use other side" on both sides of 51st crossing over I-35. I had decided to walk via 290 instead, after taking a class at the gym. But there's no way I'm risking giving some of those old people my cold or whatever. Also it's been raining. And I really don't like waiting until the last minute, so I just drove. And filled my car with gas. I did feel my core muscles a little rolling the cookie dough, though.
yesterday - I got distracted all day and did no exercise at all. Oops!