Thanks for having me.

[boatman]

Well Dave as you can see we are all nuttier than a bar of Cadbury's fruit and nut. Hope we have not sent you packing.

boatman In the old days, They, Them, Those, These, where used to address collectively or to 'identify' an unknown. As in when the wife says "put those things back on the shelf". Or when your statement describes persons unknown and or unidentified. "They walked up the road to the others and started arguing with those on the corner."

Nowadays they are more known for describing people who dont know there are only two Genders and cant decide which they are.

HI Ian well thanks for your exsplanation on these pronouns ? an now my brain is more in a wirl than ever lol never did get a good edukation as there i was in a big class but i managded through all these yrs so i so i have used these pronouns without even realising it lol
chrisb

[boatman]

Pronoun shmonoun! There ay many folks on 'ere wot talks proper like I does so we 'as ter do the best we con. If we cor foller wot you'm wentin' on abaht, we'll ask. Innit?

AN is that ment to be a bit of broad Norfolk Gern(oh arr keep on a troshin)