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Definition of 'thon'English
Pronoun
(rare|see usage notes) they (singular).
* {{quote-journal
| year = 1889
| month = November
| title = That Desired Impersonal Pronoun
| journal = The Writer
| first = C. Crozat
| last = Converse
| publisher = William H. Hills
| city = Boston
| volume = 3
| issue = 2
| page = 248
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QQQ-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA248
| passage = Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon " who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result.
}}
* {{quote-book
| year = 1895
| title = Outlines of Psychology
| first = Henry Graham
| last = Williams
| publisher = C. W. Bardee
| location = Syracuse
| edition = 3rd
| ol = 25083084M
| ia = outlinesofpsycho01will
| id =
| page = 5
| pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=_BEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=thon
| passage = Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.
}}
* {{quote-journal
| year = 1907
| month = August
| title = Th? Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?
| first = C. W.
| last = Larisunz
| journal = Th? Jurn?l ?v ?rth??pi & ?rth?gr?fi
| volume = 24
| issue = 8
| page = 153
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=hTJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153
| passage = In everi individ??l then, ?r th? el?ments ?ut ?v hwich everi sol haz p?uer tu ?labor?t ?ntu thonself hw?tever c?ndish?n thon' d?z?rz — tu m?c f?r thonself heven ?r hel, hwichever ' thon iz wili? tu str?v f?r.
| transliteration = In every individual then, are the elements out of which every soul has power to elaborate unto thonself whatever condition thon' desires — to make for thonself heaven or hell, whichever ' thon is willing to strive for.
}}
* {{quote-book
| year = 1985
| title = On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
| first = William Knowlton
| last = Zinsser
| authorlink = William Zinsser
| publisher = Harper & Row
| location = New York
| edition = 3rd
| page = 121
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=fiZFAAAAYAAJ
| isbn = 978-0060154097
| id =
| lccn = 84048208
| passage = Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon' wants that word in thons language or that ' thon would use it thonself.
}}
(rare|see usage notes) them (singular).
* {{quote-journal
| date = 1884-07-23
| title = A New Pronoun
| journal = The Critic and Good Literature
| first = C. C.
| last = Converse
| city = New York
| issue = 31
| page = 55
| published_date = 1884-08-02
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9H_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55
| passage = If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon .
}}
Usage notes
A neologism when Charles Crozat Converse coined it in 1858, thon has seen limited use since then.
Derived terms
* (neologism) thons
* (neologism) thonself
Synonyms
* (as subject) (singular) they
* (as object) (singular) them
* (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze, per, co
Hyponyms
* (as subject) he, she
* (as object) him, her
See also
* other gender-neutral pronouns
External links
* (Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns)
Similar to 'thon'ten, thin, tan, tin, then, teen, than, town, ton, tun, twain, twin, toon, toyon, tauon, tyiyn, tyyn, tian, tween, tiyn, taan, tyan, tain, tawn, thein, thoan, tiyin
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