Timeline for Gender neutral reflexive pronoun — equivalent to "himself" and "herself"
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| Sep 8, 2016 at 17:02 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Shad: It's hard enough introducing a new pronoun; introducing a new sound with it that most Americans can't pronounce is clearly a bad idea. Please just tell people it's pronounced here-self. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 23:56 | history | edited | Shad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2011 at 23:52 | comment | added | Shad |
@James it's pronounced with the e from he: ē. Very similar to hear or here, but with emphasis on the vowel.
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| Jul 21, 2011 at 21:42 | comment | added | Kalamane | How do you pronounce 'hir' and 'hirself'? If it's pronounced the same as 'her' and 'herself' it would convey a feminine connotation. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 21:18 | history | answered | Shad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |