Too Many 'a's (A poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss)

Re:Too Many 'a's (A poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss) by philh on Monday December 01, 2014 @08:28AM (#8680796)

That's not quite what it says. It says that there was a time (1200 years ago, in a different language) when he existed with heo, which was female; and then heo morphed to he; and then she was introduced. It doesn't specify whether he was originally masculine or ambiguous.

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Re:Too Many 'a's (A poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss) by thret on Monday December 01, 2014 @07:00PM (#8684919)

Yes, but it does specify that 'he' was used for both male and female at the time 'she' was introduced in Middle English.

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