English neutral pronouns
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====Ne (ner)====
'''ne, ner, nis, nis, nemself'''. In a 1974 issue of ''Today's Education,'' "Mildred Fenner attributes this to Fred Wilhelms."<ref name="d baron epicene"></ref><ref name="aetherlumina listing 2"></ref> Veterinarian Al Lippart independently proposed the same set of pronouns in 1999, recommending them for use when it would be inappropriate to specify the gender of a human, animal, or deity.<ref>{{cite web|first=Al|last= Lippart|title=Introducing the New Neutral Third Person Singular Personal Pronoun|date=1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318000953/http://www.lippart.com/ne.html |archive-date=18 March 2009|url=http://www.lippart.com/ne.html}}</ref> Lawyer Roberta Morris also independently proposed this same set of pronouns in 2009, saying that these pronouns would be more efficient for within the 140 character limit of Twitter than "he or she." Morris also pointed out that the "n" can refer to "neuter."<ref>Roberta Morris, "The need for a neuter pronoun: A solution." September 29, 2009. [http://myunpublishedworks2.blogspot.com/2009/09/need-for-neuter-pronoun-solution.html http://myunpublishedworks2.blogspot.com/2009/09/need-for-neuter-pronoun-solution.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520023815/http://myunpublishedworks2.blogspot.com/2009/09/need-for-neuter-pronoun-solution.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
'''Forms:'''
* '''Nominative:''' When I tell someone a joke ''ne'' laughs.
* '''Accusative:''' When I greet a friend I hug ''ner''.
* '''Pronominal possessive:''' When someone does not get a haircut, ''nis'' hair grows long.
* '''Predicative possessive:''' If I need a phone, my friend lets me borrow ''nis''.
* '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''nemself''.