Re: Inclusive Language, Hungarian

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In the quest for inclusive language, Heather Young-Leslie asks:


> Also, is there an Esperanza word that could be used instead of
>inventing another personal pronoun?



For years I have been telling my friends that the whole problem would be
easily resolved if we adopted Hungarian as the official language of the
planet. There are two third person pronouns, one designating animals or
objects and one designating people. Also, almost all terms for jobs are
gender neutral and , in principle, all could be. ;-)

(*)%(^)%(#)%(*)%(^)%(#)(*)%(^)%(#)%(*)%(^)%(#)(*)
>@> (*)%(^)%
>@> Tibor Benke /benke@sfu.ca (^)%(#)
>@> Graduate Student (MA program)
>@> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
>@> Simon Fraser University,
>@> Burnaby, B.C., Canada. V5A 1S6 >@>
>@>
>@> IF "CIVILISATION" WERE TWO WORDS,
>@> IT WOULD BE AN OXYMORON !
>@>
>@> Nota Bene: The opinions herein expressed are merely my own ! >@> ^^^^^^^^^^^
>@>

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