From: "John Klein" <zarkon at illrepute.org> > Spoiler space looks like this: You're absolutely right. My most humble apologies. Further discussion below. Read on for continuing spoilers for Sethra Lavode... > > > Spoilers for Sethra Lavode... > (Important! Mention which book you're spoiling. Just saying "Spoiler > space" is not a lot of help unless everyone has read everything in the > whole world.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Andrew Joubert wrote: > And the gender of the master is hardly the worst inconsistency involved, > particularly since we know Draegaran has a gender-neutral pronoun set. How about if the Dragaeran language requires the use of the personal pronoun "gya" (or whatever it was, denoting "undetermined gender") in a phrase such as this? That way, Steven Brust would still come out looking good, given that he just followed his personal rule to translate "gya" with "him" and not "him/her", etc. How's that for a cop out? ;-) /Henrik