Thread: "Hu," from "human," as a pronoun
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Old 26-Nov-2007, 06:49
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Default Re: "Hu," from "human," as a pronoun
It's too. . . . . . . . . .Chinese.

"Van" is acceptable because of the Dutch influence and "van" functions pretty well as a noun.

You do know that English is resistant to loan words for pronouns? Hmmmmm?

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