Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: May 14

Swedish parliament building in Stockholm. Stock Photo - 8920584
Swedish parliament building
May 14 

Sign Language Day in Sweden, commemorating the official recognition of Swedish Sign by the parliament in 1981.

1978: The replacement of English he and she with an epicene third person pronoun is much discussed among the pages of the New York Times. Most noteworthy of today’s contributions is that from Lawrence Ross of Huntington, New York, who offers sap (from homo sapiens).

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