[Ads-l] Apparently brainless reporting on alternative 3rd person pronouns

[Jonathan Lighter]

>  but it's pronounced not "yee," but "yea,"

It's 2018. People who say facts matter all have big political agendas.

JL

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 4:08 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > And "Ye" is the nickname of Kanye West.
>
> True, but it's pronounced not "yee," but "yea," so that it's essentially
> the same word as _ye_, pronounced "yay," one of the multitude of alt-terms
> for marijuana.
>
> > An entirely new pronoun is required.
>
> > I suggest "dumbo."
>
> "Thou hast said it," as Jesus once remarked.
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:29 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > And "Ye" is the nickname of Kanye West. I refuse to choose between sexism
> > and gratuitous publicity.
> >
> > An entirely new pronoun is required.
> >
> > I suggest "dumbo."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:18 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > <You>, of course, is notoriously sexist, since it rhymes with <ewe>.
> > > Replace with <ye>.
> > >
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