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Proginoskes: Tidying the pronoun section a bit.

2014-03-14T15:07:30Z

Tidying the pronoun section a bit.

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	The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.		The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.
	==Pronouns==		==Pronouns==
	Almost everyone, I'm sure, is familiar with the "shi" series of pronouns for hermaphrodites. Can't say I'm a fan (they're difficult to pronounce differently from feminine pronouns), but they've become the de facto standard. Much less well-known are the "Spivak" pronouns, a variety of related pronoun sets intended for generic and genderless third-person singular. The version I use goes as follows:		Almost everyone, I'm sure, is familiar with the "shi" series of pronouns for hermaphrodites. Can't say I'm a fan (they're difficult to pronounce differently from feminine pronouns), but they've become the de facto standard. Much less well-known are the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spivak_pronouns "Spivak"] pronouns, a variety of related pronoun sets intended for generic and genderless third-person singular. The version I use goes as follows:
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
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	\| Possessive Adjective \|\| Eir \|\| ''Now it's '''eir''' book.''		\| Possessive Adjective \|\| Eir \|\| ''Now it's '''eir''' book.''
	\|-		\|-
	\| Possessive Pronoun \|\| Eirs \|\| ''Ey gives you ~~a book of~~ '''eirs'''.''		\| Possessive Pronoun \|\| Eirs \|\| ''Ey gives you '''eirs'''.''
	\|-		\|-
	\| Reflexive \|\| Emself \|\| ''Ey wrote it '''emself'''.''		\| Reflexive \|\| Emself \|\| ''Ey wrote it '''emself'''.''

Proginoskes: Changing first-level header to title template.

2013-05-16T23:22:48Z

Changing first-level header to title template.

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	<blockquote>“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context” –David Moser</blockquote>		<blockquote>“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context” –David Moser</blockquote>
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	The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.		The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.
	==Pronouns==		==Pronouns==

Proginoskes: Repositioning the ToC

2013-05-16T22:11:41Z

Repositioning the ToC

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	<blockquote>“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context” –David Moser</blockquote>		<blockquote>“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context” –David Moser</blockquote>
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	The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.		The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.
	==Pronouns==		==Pronouns==

Proginoskes: /* Nouns */ Creating the section

2013-05-16T22:04:06Z

Nouns: Creating the section

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	Although originally intended for gender ''neutrality'' (referring to a person of unknown gender, instead of using singular they or "he/she"), these pronouns also serve (rather ambiguously, granted) to refer to a sapient being ''without'' gender.		Although originally intended for gender ''neutrality'' (referring to a person of unknown gender, instead of using singular they or "he/she"), these pronouns also serve (rather ambiguously, granted) to refer to a sapient being ''without'' gender.

			==Nouns==
			===Plurals===
			I use many nonstandard plurals, and the correct plural forms of words usually mis-pluralized. Eight-armed mollusks are octopodes, semi-aquatic monotremes are platypodes. (These are truly the strictly-correct plural forms of "octopus" and "platypus", I swear it! Not that other plurals are ''incorrect'' in general usage, but these are the correct zoological jargon.) More fancifully, the plural of:
			*"mongoose" is "polygoose",
			*"fan" (as in "fandom") is "fen",
			*"Unix" (or rather "Unix variant") is "Unices" (as in, "Linux, Darwin, and NetBSD are Unices").
			If I'm in a particularly silly mood, I will assert that the correct plural of "comma" is "commata", and that of "box" is "boxen".
			===Excessive Precision===
			I have a large vocabulary, and I ''enjoy'' being made to expand it. Occasionally, I will forget that not everyone shares these traits, and use a word that has precisely the meaning I need – but shouldn't expect everyone to know. One example is "pinnipeds" (seals, sea lions, and walruses).

	==Metasyntactic Variables==		==Metasyntactic Variables==
	"Metasyntactic variable" isn't really a Part of Speech, but it is nevertheless a type of word I use extensively. Quoting the definition from the [http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html Jargon File entry]: "A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion." Used most frequently in technical discussions, so they aren't too likely to appear here, but they might crop up now and again. The most common metasyntactic variables are "foo", "bar", and "baz".		"Metasyntactic variable" isn't really a Part of Speech, but it is nevertheless a type of word I use extensively. Quoting the definition from the [http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html Jargon File entry]: "A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion." Used most frequently in technical discussions, so they aren't too likely to appear here, but they might crop up now and again. The most common metasyntactic variables are "foo", "bar", and "baz".

Proginoskes: Adding section "Metasyntactic Variables"

2013-03-21T14:30:19Z

Adding section "Metasyntactic Variables"

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	\| Reflexive \|\| Emself \|\| ''Ey wrote it '''emself'''.''		\| Reflexive \|\| Emself \|\| ''Ey wrote it '''emself'''.''
	\|}		\|}
			Although originally intended for gender ''neutrality'' (referring to a person of unknown gender, instead of using singular they or "he/she"), these pronouns also serve (rather ambiguously, granted) to refer to a sapient being ''without'' gender.

			==Metasyntactic Variables==
			"Metasyntactic variable" isn't really a Part of Speech, but it is nevertheless a type of word I use extensively. Quoting the definition from the [http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/metasyntactic-variable.html Jargon File entry]: "A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion." Used most frequently in technical discussions, so they aren't too likely to appear here, but they might crop up now and again. The most common metasyntactic variables are "foo", "bar", and "baz".

Proginoskes: Creation! Spivak pronouns.

2013-03-19T17:38:50Z

Creation! Spivak pronouns.

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<blockquote>“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context” –David Moser</blockquote>
The following are words and punctuation marks I may use that aren't, strictly speaking, part of standard English. I'll separate them by Part of Speech.
==Pronouns==
Almost everyone, I'm sure, is familiar with the "shi" series of pronouns for hermaphrodites. Can't say I'm a fan (they're difficult to pronounce differently from feminine pronouns), but they've become the de facto standard. Much less well-known are the "Spivak" pronouns, a variety of related pronoun sets intended for generic and genderless third-person singular. The version I use goes as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Declension !! Pronoun !! Example
|-
| Subject || Ey || '''''Ey''' studies CompSci.''
|-
| Object || Em || ''You give '''em''' the book.''
|-
| Possessive Adjective || Eir || ''Now it's '''eir''' book.''
|-
| Possessive Pronoun || Eirs || ''Ey gives you a book of '''eirs'''.''
|-
| Reflexive || Emself || ''Ey wrote it '''emself'''.''
|}