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English citations of thon
Subjective pronoun: they (singular)
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1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer, volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248: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.
1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology, 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, →OL, LCC BF141.W12, page 5:Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.
1907 August, C. W. Larisunz, “Thε Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?”, in Thε Jurnɑl ɵv ɷrthɵεpi & ɷrthɵgrɑfi, volume 24, number 8, page 153:In everi individɥɑl then, ɑr thε elεments ɑut ɵv hwich everi sol haz pɑuer tu ɛlaborɞt ʊntu thonself hwɵtever cɵndishʊn thon dɛzɩrz — tu mɞc fɷr thonself heven ɷr hel, hwichever thon iz wiliŋ tu strɩv fɷr.- 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.
Objective pronoun: them (singular)
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1884 July 23, C. C. Converse, “A New Pronoun”, in The Critic and Good Literature, number 31, New York, published 1884 August 2, page 55:If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon.
2013 August 27, batchix, “2013-08-27”, in Robots and Racks, retrieved 2014-03-26:
- Peach: Relax, we just want to hire your services.
- Servant of Silence: Are you prepared to accept the terms of payment?
- Peach: …Sure.
- Servant of Silence: Then Follow.
- Crash: Wait Peach, how do we know we can trust him… er, her.
- Servant of Silence: "Thon."
- Crash: Whu-buh?
- Servant of Silence: "Thon." I was not assigned a gender at the date of my creation and I choose none now. You may use the pronoun "thon" to refer to me indirectly.