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The History Hour

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What Is Hen?

Sfool wanted to make a point about how much swede's everyday language relied on binary personal pronouns. It was suggested in the 19 sixties by swedish linguist ralph du nos, who argued it would be handy to have a third personal pronoun. By two thousand and nine full's team was lobbying hard for the word to be formally included in swedish dictionaries. This could only be approved by a century's old cultural institution called the swedish academy.

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