Ideas: English Pronoun Reform

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Last night, I was thinking.  Normally this leads to no action, as my ideas are too numerous to fit in one day.  However, this time I decided to put my idea in action.  I was wondering about pronouns, and specifically English pronouns.  Thesis: English has too few pronouns.  It only has 16:

 

 

 

Subject (Nominative Case)

Singular

Plural
Male Female Neuter Male Female Neuter
First Person I We
Second Person You You/Y'all
Third Person He She It They

 

 

 

 

Direct Object (Accusative Case)

Singular

Plural
Male Female Neuter Male Female Neuter
First Person Me Us
Second Person You You/Y'all
Third Person Him Her It Them

And then, of course, the miscellaneous that won't fit anywhere on a table:

Obviously, there is room for more.  I propose that we have new pronouns, to fit with conventions and current pronouns:

Person Number Specifics Nominative Case Accusative Case
First person Singular I Me
Plural You and I Weym (waim) Usaym (uh-saa-yum)
Y'all and I Weysm (weigh-sum) Usaysm (uh-say-sum)
You and I and one other person Weymo (weigh-mo) Usamo (uh-saa-mo)
Y'all and I and one other person Weysmo (weigh-s'mo) Usasmo (uh-saa-s'mo)
You and I and several other people Weymos (weigh-muss) Usaymos (uh-say-moess)
Y'all and I and several other people Weysmos (weigh-s'moss) Usaysmos (uh-say-s'mos)
Second person Singular You You
Plural One of addressees Youo (you-oh) Yuoo (you-ooh)
Some, but not all, of addressees Yous (youss) Yus (yuss)
All addressees Yousa (you-sa) Yusa (yussa)
Third Person Singular Male He Him
Female She Her
Neuter It Ita (it-uh)
Plural Male Hep Himp
Female Shep Herp
Neuter Itsp (it-spuh) Itasp (it-usp)
Generic Plural They Them

This gives us a total of 34 pronouns, not counting the miscellaneous ones I stated above--more than enough for any situation, and especially those long ones which often run out of them.

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