Happy Talk in Third Person Day !
It's finally here! Russell is very excited! And to celebrate the occasion, you can now go to www.ti3p.com to get to the official homepage.
Russell hopes you enjoy the day!
posted by Third Person at 6:42 AM
2 Comments:
Actually, "he" *is* a third person pronoun, while "you" would be the second
person pronoun. Here are the definitions and examples given by Webster:
- first person: that form of a pronoun or verb which refers to the speaker
or speakers ["I," "me," "we," "us," etc. are in the first person.]
- second person: that form of a pronoun or verb which refers to the person
or persons spoken to ["You," "your," and "yours" are in the second person.]
- third person: that form of a pronoun or verb which refers to the person or
thing spoken of ["He," "him," "her," "it," "they," "them," etc. are in the
third person.]
Just FYI, "Glenn" and "Shuji" are proper nouns -- they're not pronouns, but
do however make reference to a third person entity. So they are valid to
use for Ti3P Day. One would not normally use proper nouns to make reference
to either a first person or second person party (except in the case of Ti3P
Day).
Which brings up the issue: For Ti3P Day, why are only the first person
pronouns replaced with the proper nouns and/or third person pronouns?
(Ti3P.com says: "you can't use I, me, we, or us.") Why not also replace
those second person pronouns with the proper nouns and/or third person
pronouns too? (i.e., also not being able to use "you" or "your" as well)
Just a thought... Maybe next year?
8:37 AM
I'm sure I heard you on Radio 1. Thats how I heard about talk in 3rd person day, Im sure!
8:58 AM
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