Comment on How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My LifeparentComments−codpiece1yAre you referring to something other than a female chicken?−brulard1yWell, thats how I imagined it. A hen mowing lawns and spending at once. Still impressive for a hen−Symbiote1yIt probably should be "when I turned 10".−0_____01yswedish neuter pronoun−isoprophlex1y"They" would have been a lot less confusing here...−laserlight1yI'm baffled by why one would use a Swedish pronoun in an English text. We live in a strange world.−Philpax1yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwenglishNot uncommon for Swedish-first speakers - just accidental language bleed, as is the case with most other second language speakers.(As for "strange world" - have you looked at the etymology of most English words? :p)−darkstar_161yI'd guess its similar to Danish and hen meant "he" here, Han in Danish−TheSpiceIsLife1yThis reminds me of something Jimmy Carr said.Oh! gender neutral elder, oh! gender neutral elder, what’s a joke?YOU ARE!−pcthrowaway1yIs this a new neo-pronoun I'm not familiar with yet?−dagw1yIt was first coined in the 60s and has been floating around since, but it's really only seen regular use in the past decade or so.−codpiece1yThank you!−cma1y"The summer he turned 10 was spent mowing lawns around his small town."
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Are you referring to something other than a female chicken?
Well, thats how I imagined it. A hen mowing lawns and spending at once. Still impressive for a hen
It probably should be "when I turned 10".
swedish neuter pronoun
"They" would have been a lot less confusing here...
I'm baffled by why one would use a Swedish pronoun in an English text. We live in a strange world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swenglish
Not uncommon for Swedish-first speakers - just accidental language bleed, as is the case with most other second language speakers.
(As for "strange world" - have you looked at the etymology of most English words? :p)
I'd guess its similar to Danish and hen meant "he" here, Han in Danish
This reminds me of something Jimmy Carr said.
Oh! gender neutral elder, oh! gender neutral elder, what’s a joke?
YOU ARE!
Is this a new neo-pronoun I'm not familiar with yet?
It was first coined in the 60s and has been floating around since, but it's really only seen regular use in the past decade or so.
Thank you!
"The summer he turned 10 was spent mowing lawns around his small town."