Re: [TML] Some thoughts on Pronouns
Andrew Long 04 Sep 2014 20:39 UTC
On 4 Sep 2014, at 21:16, Freelance Traveller wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:14:08 -0500, you wrote to Freelance Traveller:
>
>> <snip/>
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> I do know that in his Honorverse, David Weber tends to use
> unspecified-gender pronouns to match the gender of the viewpoint
> character - that is, male characters will say/think he/him/his, while
> female characters will say/think she/her/hers.
And that works because he does it consistently. Although some of his other grammatical gyrations put my teeth on edge - "loose warhead" instead of "loose cannon", "meter-stick" instead of "yard-stick"
Regards, Andy
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