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A resemblance often neglected (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In Dutch "they/them" is "zij". Which is very annoying, because "she" is also "zij".

Which means the Dutch genderless pronoun has mostly become "hen", which is "them" in the dative (3rd) case, which is only rarely used otherwise, and thus available.

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