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sie | thon | Synonyms |

Sie is a synonym of thon.


As pronouns the difference between sie and thon

is that sie is (neologism) while thon is (rare|see usage notes) they (singular).

As a verb sie

is to sink; fall; drop.

As a noun sie

is a drop.

sie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l) (Scotland)

Verb

  • To sink; fall; drop.
  • To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
  • (dialectal) To drop, as water; trickle.
  • To sift.
  • (dialectal) To strain, as milk; filter.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drop.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Pronoun

  • (neologism)
  • * 1993 September 24, Alex Martelli, "punishment vs ethics (was Re: Discipline my daughters)", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
    • If the child is about the intellectual equal of the parent, sie will eventually start holding hir own in discussions,
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2010 , date = September 16 , title = Amaranth and Ash , author = Jessica Freely , publisher = Lightning Source , location = La Vergne , isbn = 9781461136620 , page = 101 , passage = "You must be Ash," sie said, hir voice a shade deeper than Amaranth's. , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=WpHMcQAACAAJ }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2011 , date = May 19 , title = The Other Genders: Androgyne, Genderqueer, Non-Binary Gender Variant , author = Ken Wickham , publisher = CreateSpace , isbn = 9781461136620 , page = 7 , passage = Sie may feel that hir actual identity of hir gender is supposed to be both/neither male or female, outside of gender, third gender, beyond gender, absence of gender, mixing gender, changing gender, or all genders. , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=zWmWZwEACAAJ }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2011 , date = August 16 , title = Disability Culture and Community Performance: Find a Strange and Twisted Shape , author = Petra Kuppers , publisher = Palgrave Macmillan , location = New York , isbn = 9780230298279 , id = , lccn = 2011012058 , page = 18 , passage = When I asked hir about hir preferred self-identification in this scene, sie' offered me this language, '' sie sharply performs the hotness of teasing all the audience from the edge-space of androgyny.' , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=jAP1tgAACAAJ }}
    Synonyms
    * (gender-neutral) he or she, * (gender-neutral) (singular) they * (gender-neutral) (neologism) e, ey, shi, ze, per

    Anagrams

    *

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns ----

    thon

    English

    Pronoun

  • (rare, see usage notes) they (singular).
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , year = 1889 , month = November , title = That Desired Impersonal Pronoun , journal = The Writer , first = C. Crozat , last = Converse , publisher = William H. Hills , city = Boston , volume = 3 , issue = 2 , page = 248 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QQQ-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA248 , passage = Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon " who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1895 , title = Outlines of Psychology , first = Henry Graham , last = Williams , publisher = C. W. Bardee , location = Syracuse , edition = 3rd , ol = 25083084M , ia = outlinesofpsycho01will , id = , page = 5 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=_BEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=thon , passage = Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge. }}
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , year = 1907 , month = August , title = Th? Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither? , first = C. W. , last = Larisunz , journal = Th? Jurn?l ?v ?rth??pi & ?rth?gr?fi , volume = 24 , issue = 8 , page = 153 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=hTJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153 , passage = In everi individ??l then, ?r th? el?ments ?ut ?v hwich everi sol haz p?uer tu ?labor?t ?ntu thonself hw?tever c?ndish?n thon' d?z?rz — tu m?c f?r thonself heven ?r hel, hwichever ' thon iz wili? tu str?v f?r. , transliteration = In every individual then, are the elements out of which every soul has power to elaborate unto thonself whatever condition thon' desires — to make for thonself heaven or hell, whichever ' thon is willing to strive for. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1985 , title = On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction , first = William Knowlton , last = Zinsser , authorlink = William Zinsser , publisher = Harper & Row , location = New York , edition = 3rd , page = 121 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=fiZFAAAAYAAJ , isbn = 978-0060154097 , id = , lccn = 84048208 , passage = Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon' wants that word in thons language or that ' thon would use it thonself. }}
  • (rare, see usage notes) them (singular).
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , date = 1884-07-23 , title = A New Pronoun , journal = The Critic and Good Literature , first = C. C. , last = Converse , city = New York , issue = 31 , page = 55 , published_date = 1884-08-02 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9H_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 , passage = If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon . }}

    Usage notes

    A neologism when Charles Crozat Converse coined it in 1858, thon has seen limited use since then.

    Derived terms

    * (neologism) thons * (neologism) thonself

    Synonyms

    * (as subject) (singular) they * (as object) (singular) them * (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze, per, co

    Hyponyms

    * (as subject) he, she * (as object) him, her

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    External links

    * (Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns)

    References

    English third person pronouns ----