Subject: Re: [rantish] Re: [FFML][Spam]Nihongo Verisimilitude
From: Deuce
Date: 5/12/1998, 1:23 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

At 12:49 PM 5/12/98 -0400, you wrote:

Actually, this is exactly what I was referring to.  *First* person pronouns
are sex-implicative (onna-Ranma uses 'boku'; 'watashi' can be used by
either) in Nihongo, but not in English; *third* person pronouns are
sex-indicative in English, but don't exist in Nihongo.

Incorrect.  There are two.

"Kare" is a third-person pronoun for "he" or "him."  "Kanojo" is the
third-person pronoun for "she" or "her."  They're not incredibly common,
and typically only used in rather formal speech.  (Hence why you NEVER
hear them in Ranma.)

-Deuce