Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Guys aren't eirs!

["The Voice" <nomicvoice0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> To: <spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Guys aren't eirs!
> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:36:33 -0400
>
> Quoth Orc In A Spacesuit,
>
> > Append to Rule 7, __Spivak Pronouns__, the following:
> > {{
> > Spivak pronouns are to be used in any case where the gender of the 
> referred
> > object is unknown, but if a pronoun referres to a specific object whose
> > gender is known, explictly stated in the game, and unlikely to change, 
> the
> > appropriate non-Spivak versions may be used, if the writer so wishes.  
> (This
> > still allows full use of Spivak, if desired).  If any non-Spivak pronoun
> > becomes unclear due to changes in game state, the conversion of that 
> pronoun
> > to a Spivak version is within the powers of grammar correction of the 
> Admin.
> > }}
>
> You might want to specify that the gender in question is the Game-Gender,
> 'cause that's not always the same as the biological gender. For example,
> Miss Scoff was, I believe, male in real life, and female in the game. And I
> assure you that I'm not really neuter.
>
> I will confess, though, that I do use Spivak far too often - I've started
> proofreading papers I write and finding 'e' and 'eir' at random throughout.
>
> --
> Wonko

Although, despite Orc, I'm male both in the game and in real life.

-0-THE VOICE...
Is a manly man. :P -0-


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