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thon | tho |

As a noun thon

is .

As a conjunction tho is

(telegraph) abbreviation of though.

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. }}
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  • , 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. }}
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  • , 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).
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  • , 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

    tho

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Article

    (head)
  • (label) The (plural form); those.
  • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (label) Those; they.
  • Etymology 2

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

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Then; thereupon.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
  • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (label) When.
  • Etymology 3

    American English; Alteration of (though).

    Adverb

    (-)
  • :* {{quote-book
  • , year=2009 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=John Hough , title=Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9781416589655 , page=121 , passage=I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, … }}

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