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08 Jan 2023, 2:09 pm
Yes a new neutral pronoun might be considered , as long as I can still Pronounce it ? Think basic lifelong language traditions might be tough to Alter. "BUT " then there are Aussie-isms could just call everybody Mate ..? its a friendly term i think ? depending on context ?
And do agree conceptually with Goldfish,s post few posts up therewhen you said "mate" i realized you're onto something there. i think perhaps the language minders need to think more flexibly about existing words, perhaps a sniglet of "ma'am" and "sir" might be "Mir." that's it, yea- that'd be the perfect pronoun.
08 Jan 2023, 2:54 pm
Yes a new neutral pronoun might be considered , as long as I can still Pronounce it ? Think basic lifelong language traditions might be tough to Alter. "BUT " then there are Aussie-isms could just call everybody Mate ..? its a friendly term i think ? depending on context ?
And do agree conceptually with Goldfish,s post few posts up there
The British/Aussia "Mate" is second person. Not third person. It just means "you" (which is already gender-neutral in English). And also it's usually used by males to address other males. Equivalent to 'bud", 'bub', or 'dude', in the US. No use whatsoever in replacing the third person pronouns in question: 'she', 'he', or 'her', or 'him'.
Locally media here in the US has Australian female Goldminers using the word mate in refering to other woman miners as well as normally the male gold miners in Australia .And possibly third person could be such as " that Mate over there" .??
Am only offering thoughts on the topic.
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08 Jan 2023, 2:57 pm
Yes a new neutral pronoun might be considered , as long as I can still Pronounce it ? Think basic lifelong language traditions might be tough to Alter. "BUT " then there are Aussie-isms could just call everybody Mate ..? its a friendly term i think ? depending on context ?
And do agree conceptually with Goldfish,s post few posts up therewhen you said "mate" i realized you're onto something there. i think perhaps the language minders need to think more flexibly about existing words, perhaps a sniglet of "ma'am" and "sir" might be "Mir." that's it, yea- that'd be the perfect pronoun.
hmmm... sounds like a Russian plot .
. some sort of space based ...idea, or terminology ..
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08 Jan 2023, 3:02 pm
^^unfortunately there are others reading this who likely will just conclude i'm out in space meself 
08 Jan 2023, 3:05 pm
Say "Your Highness" - problem solved 
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08 Jan 2023, 3:06 pm
can't get any higher than space.
08 Jan 2023, 3:09 pm
Bless your Heart Auntblabby thought that might have been a foregone conclusion. Based on all yer years of scribbling to this here Wrong Planet .
Tends to agree with Magz .. but that might upset the English Monarchy, and maybe a few other Monarchys
lolz
08 Jan 2023, 3:24 pm
Doesnt solve a thing.
Because it is STILL second person, and not third person.
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08 Jan 2023, 3:25 pm
Doesnt solve a thing.
Because it is STILL second person, and not third person.
what do you think of using "mir" or "m'ir"?
08 Jan 2023, 3:41 pm
For second person its good. So you dont have to answer the phone with 'mam, or sir'. It would just be 'mir' (rhymes with sir).
And ...if you ever had occasion to talk about mermaids, or mermen, you could just refer to them as 'mir mirs'.
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08 Jan 2023, 3:42 pm
And ...if you ever had occasion to talk about mermaids, or mermen, you could just refer to them as 'mir mirs'.
what would you suggest that would improve upon "them"?
08 Jan 2023, 3:48 pm
Hmmm... ""Mir""...? ..,hmmm.. see that picture of Auntblabby over there??? Sounds Russkie to me....
That big Russian winter beard and hat ??. Calls into question .....things , i best not say in this forum . 
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Suggestions of Being a Foriegn Agent sent from Some Outter Space place, Perhaps a , ( SPACE STATION). ...
Beggs Pardons for casting potential aspersions upon Auntblabby ..!
08 Jan 2023, 3:57 pm
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