beth (defunct)

@bethposting

rip

she/her
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i guess follow me @bethposting on bsky or pillowfort

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bethposting

beth (defunct)@bethposting11/10/2023, 5:46 PM

apparently saying 'em instead of them isn't from a contraction of "them". instead, it preserves the former 3rd person plural pronoun "hem"

"hey/hem" evolved in english to sound confusingly similar to "he/him" and ended up getting supplanted by "they/them" borrowed from old norse

#etymology #pronouns #gender neutral pronouns #'em #english #old norse #linguistics

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