Paul Bartlett | Re: [LFN] el

• Autor: Paul Bartlett (“bartlett22183”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] el
• Data: 2013-03-21 17:09
• Mesaje: 3595 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:27:39 -0400, Mark Hovila <alivoh@...> wrote:

> Personally, I like hi, xi and el.
>
> Mark
>
> On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Mark Hovila wrote:
>
>> Yes, I suppose that as listeners it gives us more room for
>> interpretation. [...]

>> But as I say, having a neutral pronoun in addition to the gender
>> specific pronouns would take care of that. If I preferred not to
>> specify the gender I am talking about, I wouldn't have to.
>> [...]

Once again, ask speakers of languages such as Finnish which do not have
sex-specific third person pronouns how they get along, just as we do in
the plural with our indifferent 'they'. Finland is a sophisticated
country, and they seem to do quite well, so far as I know. Just because my
mother tongue has a certain feature does not mean that an auxiliary
language has to have it. My understanding all along of the basic
principles of LFN is that it is supposed to dispense with a lot of the
grammatical bric-a-brac found in many "natural" languages. I am not sure
that the solution is as good as it might be, but it goes a long way
compared to something like, say, Volapük. However, if sex-specific
pronouns really are a deal breaker for you, you might take a look at Ido,
which has an extensive personal pronoun system.

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Paul Bartlett