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| | | "s/he", "(s)he" || ''[[s/he]]'', ''[[(s)he]]'' laughed || <!--I kissed ''[[him/her]]''--> || <!--''[[his/her]]'' head hurts--> || <!--that is ''[[his/hers]]''--> || <!--[...] feeds ''[[him/herself]]'', ''[[himself/herself]]''--> | | | "s/he", "(s)he" || ''[[s/he]]'', ''[[(s)he]]'' laughed || <!--I kissed ''[[him/her]]''--> || <!--''[[his/her]]'' head hurts--> || <!--that is ''[[his/hers]]''--> || <!--[...] feeds ''[[him/herself]]'', ''[[himself/herself]]''--> |
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| - | | '''[[w:Spivak pronoun|Spivak (new)]]'''<ref>Popularized by several technical books by [[w:Michael Spivak|Michael Spivak]]. Regarded as preferable to other neologisms by John Williams's [http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/ Gender-neutral Pronoun FAQ] (2004).</ref> || ''[[ey]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[em]]'' || ''[[eir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[eirs]]'' || ey feeds ''[[emself]]'' | + | | '''[[w:Spivak pronoun|Spivak]] (new'''<ref>Popularized by several technical books by [[w:Michael Spivak|Michael Spivak]]. Regarded as preferable to other neologisms by John Williams's [http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/ Gender-neutral Pronoun FAQ] (2004).</ref>''' / old)''' || ''[[ey]]'' / ''[[e]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[em]]'' || ''[[eir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[eirs]]'' || ey / e feeds ''[[emself]]'' |
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| - | | '''[[w:Spivak pronoun|Spivak (old)]]''' || ''[[e]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[em]]'' || ''[[eir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[eirs]]'' || e feeds ''[[emself]]'' | + | | '''[[w:Spivak pronoun|Spivak]]-based'''<ref>Although Spivak proposed "em" as an objective and "emself" as a reflexive pronoun, "eir" and "eirself" are also attested on Usenet.</ref> || ''[[ey]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[eir]]'' || ''[[eir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[eirs]]'' || ey feeds ''[[eirself]]'' |
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| - | | '''[[w:Spivak pronoun|Spivak]]-based'''<ref>The use of "eir" in place of "em" as an object, and the use of "eirself" instead of "emself", was not proposed by Spivak, but is attested on the internet.</ref> || ''[[ey]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[eir]]'' || ''[[eir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[eirs]]'' || ey feeds ''[[eirself]]'' | |
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| | | '''s/he and hir'''<ref>As used in science fiction like Peter David's ''[[w:Star Trek: New Frontier|Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' book series.</ref> || ''[[s/he]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[hir]]'' || ''[[hir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[hirs]]'' || s/he feeds ''[[hirself]]'' | | | '''s/he and hir'''<ref>As used in science fiction like Peter David's ''[[w:Star Trek: New Frontier|Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' book series.</ref> || ''[[s/he]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[hir]]'' || ''[[hir]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[hirs]]'' || s/he feeds ''[[hirself]]'' |
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| | | '''per'''<ref>MediaMOO's "person" gender, derived from Marge Piercy's ''[[w:Woman on the Edge of Time|Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' (1979), in which people of 2137 use "per" as their sole third-person pronoun.</ref> || ''[[per]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[per]]'' || ''[[per]]''<!--attested!--> / ''[[pers]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[pers]]'' || per feeds ''[[perself]]'' | | | '''per'''<ref>MediaMOO's "person" gender, derived from Marge Piercy's ''[[w:Woman on the Edge of Time|Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' (1979), in which people of 2137 use "per" as their sole third-person pronoun.</ref> || ''[[per]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[per]]'' || ''[[per]]''<!--attested!--> / ''[[pers]]'' head hurts || that is ''[[pers]]'' || per feeds ''[[perself]]'' |
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| | + | |'''co'''<ref>Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in [[intentional communities]] of the [[Federation of Egalitarian Communities]].{{cite web|last=Baron|first=Dennis|url=http://www.english.illinois.edu/-people-/faculty/debaron/essays/epicene.htm|title=The Epicene Pronouns|accessdate=2010-06-22}} <br>{{cite web|last=Kingdon|first=Jim|url=http://www.panix.com/~kingdon/gender.html|title=Gender-free Pronouns in English|accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyhousecommunity.org/paperwork/skybylaws.php|title=Skyhouse Community – Bylaws|accessdate=2010-06-22}} <br>{{cite web|url=http://thefec.org/node/72|title=Bylaws – Sandhill – 1982|accessdate=2010-06-22}} <br>{{cite web|url=http://thefec.org/node/70|title=Bylaws – East Wind – 1974|accessdate=2010-06-22}} <br>{{cite web|url=http://thefec.org/node/73|title=Bylaws – Twin Oaks|accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref> || ''[[co]]'' laughed || I kissed ''[[co]]'' || ''[[co's|co's]]''<!-- / ''[[cos]]''--> head hurts || that is ''[[co's|co's]]''<!-- / ''[[cos]]''--> || co feeds ''[[coself]]'' |
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