"hur": the new 3rd (and 2nd) person neutral pronoun!

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Wed Jan 23 22:41:13 UTC 2008


At 1/23/2008 04:49 PM, Paul Johnston wrote:
>What you got here in the first case is something that you not only
>find in Wales, but in the adjoining West Midlands also--the direct
>descendant of OE  heo "she", which became /ho// (that's o-slash) in
>West Central Britain

Perhaps I should propose "ho", which opens up all sorts of
possibilities, esp. in the 2nd person ... :-)

Joel

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