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Dillistone Ted
Miscellaneous
Person Person Blues
Aren't you tired of those non-sexist languager birds?
To avoid saying man, they invent their own words.
They say flagperson, draftsperson, salesperson too,
When flagger and drafter and seller would do.
They say their when the singular word's in demand,
As in Each
one
in
favour
will
please
raise
their
hand.
Let's invent some new words without trousers or skirts,
Three neutral-sex pronouns like heesh, herm and hirts.
So herm stands for him
and/or
her in my file,
As in Give
herm
and
inch,
heeshll take a whole mile."
"Will each one please place hirts own hat on the shelf,"
And "Ask herm, because heesh can speak for hermself.
And finally to Dumphries, in Scotland the brave,
To hear Robbie Burns turn around in his grave
When he hears someinclusive young languager chat:
"A perrrrsons
a
perrrrson
for
Ahh-hhh-hhh
that.
@ Copyright 1992 E.G.(Ted) Dillistone, Campbell River,B.C., Canada, V9W 6B3
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