[net.nlang] Non-gendered Pronouns

barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold) (01/07/85)

Science fiction fans have been using hesh (or heesh), hiser, and himer
for some time now with a fair degree of success.  Alternatively
I konw one (unpublished) sf writer who uses "a" (pronounced /ah/) as
an all-purpose pronoun for ANY gender (useful in a setting in which
there may be more than two.

While I'm on the subject, don't forget the Poul Anderson novel in which
Vwi was used as the pronoun for God.

--Lee Gold