Talk:English neutral pronouns: Difference between revisions
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: In response to your concerns, I expanded the entry for "they" to include all four versions of its reflexive form (themself, theirself, theirselves, themselves) with dictionary sources cited to demonstrate that each form is commonly used. -[[User:Frameacloud|Frameacloud]] ([[User talk:Frameacloud|talk]]) 23:14, 27 June 2015 (CDT) | : In response to your concerns, I expanded the entry for "they" to include all four versions of its reflexive form (themself, theirself, theirselves, themselves) with dictionary sources cited to demonstrate that each form is commonly used. -[[User:Frameacloud|Frameacloud]] ([[User talk:Frameacloud|talk]]) 23:14, 27 June 2015 (CDT) | ||
In English we happily say "You yourself are a painter" - in singular "yourself" is fine and accepted. It'd be consistent for us to use "themself" for an individual, too. --'''[[User:Cassolotl|<span style="color:#008000">Cassolotl</span>]]''' ''<small>([[User_Talk:Cassolotl|talk]]) <span style="color:#808080">pronouns: they/them</span></small>'' 13:36, 28 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
== English pronouns that don't meet notability requirements == | == English pronouns that don't meet notability requirements == | ||