Re: Gender neutral pronouns

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From: Jim May
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 16:35

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In my American Indian language, Cherokee, we have two genders but they're 
not male and female.  They are animate and inanimate, much like but not 
identical to a (s)he/it dichotomy.

Jim May
CSU Chico

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