Thread: New Leaf January 2019 Discussion • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Old 01-16-2019, 08:59 PM   #32
stuartjmz
Nameless Being
 
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum View Post
It was certainly not in use 50 years ago; nor was s/he!
That Wycliffe, Chaucer, Caxton, and Thackeray used it suggests its use predates the last 50 years, just.
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