Re: grammar and gender - a problem

Tux Wonder-Dog wrote:
I have a real problem - insofar as it impacts the lives of the people in my
imaginary world.

When they change gender, they say "I engendered myself [male|female]" as the
case may be.

What would they say about other people? "He engendered himself
female"? "He engendered herself female"? "She engendered herself
male"? "She engendered himself male"? Etc?

In other words, what point in time would people use when speaking of such
matters? Before they had undergone the gender-switch? Or afterwards?

What do people think?


I think it could naturally be either, depending on context.

"Whatever happened to Sam?"

"Oh, he engendered himself female - goes by Samantha now."

but:

"Wow, that Samantha really is something else, eh?"

"Yeah - she's really hit her stride since she engendered herself female!"


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Cheers,

Gray

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