Radio Ramona

Rauma, Finland- "Esh" will be discussed in an interview given by Sandra Sitron on Friday, September 11th at 3:45pm on Radio Ramona, 93.3 Fm

http://www.radioramona.fi

Rauma, Finland

On September 10, 2009, the new pronoun will be introduced for the first time in Finland at the Rauman Kaupunginkirjasto (Rauma Library) at Alfredinkatu 1. From 15:00-18:00 promotional materials will be distributed and questions will be answered. Inthecomplex is interested in the Finnish response to "esh" as Finnish language does not use gendered pronouns.

"esh" basics

"Esh" is a pronoun.  ("He", "she", "it", "they", "we", and "you" are pronouns.)

"Esh" is a gender free pronoun.  (Like "it", "they", "we", and "you".)

"Esh" is singular.  It holds the same meaning as "he", or "she", however, "esh" can be used when the gender of the person specified is unknown.  

Definition-

That person who is neither speaker nor hearer.  Used in a generic sense when the sex of the person is unspecified.

Example:

I am looking for a new doctor.  I want to make sure that esh accepts my insurance.

The speaker says "esh" because the speaker does not know if the new doctor will be male or female. Therefore, "he" and "she" are inappropriate, "they" is inappropriate as there will only be one doctor, and of course, "it"  won't work either.

 

Images

Esh is a new pronoun developed by Sandra Sitron.  These promotional materials were designed by Lauren Wolff.