Re: Gender Neutral Pronouns

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Mar 30 2001 - 23:17:39 MST


James Higgins wrote:
>
> But I still notice them, especially when trying to write
> about it

Here on SL4, or do you have a secret stash of material we don't know
about?

> * One possible exception, if the people in question have extensively read
> Vernor Vinge previously and are now accustomed to reading these pronouns,
> then I could see them not paying attention to them.

Greg Egan. AFAIK Vinge doesn't use ve/ver/vis.

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