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"It seemed convoluted is all"
Not actually that unreasonable - by definition gender pronouns are a closed set so introduction of new neutral forms is likely to be difficult in linguistic as well as social terms. 'Man' as a generic term for the species is an obvious example.
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Not actually that unreasonable - by definition gender pronouns are a closed set so introduction of new neutral forms is likely to be difficult in linguistic as well as social terms. 'Man' as a generic term for the species is an obvious example.