text_combined: feminine feminine ouch doubt pronouns gender touchy topics robert millar metaphorically slapping around little ad hominem mode makes good points mistakes focus bit misspeaks findings somewhat misstates fuller design position lot linguistic list vol6 835 22 jun 1995 responds vol6 806 12 jun 1995 mean say robert millar attributes entered english whole suddenly advent printing puhleeeze mean say h stem feminine suddenly printing begins disappears forever written record broader conclusion h stem feminine alive centuries beyond oed orthodoxview account purported demise discount sh forms periods regions amply attested far however maintain significant cause overview disappearance h stem feminine began resemble phonetically masculine rather standardizing force printing motive separate question telling evidence spoken pronoun use often quite different written suggesting oe h stems survived speech beyond printing seeming signal demise late survival h stem feminine implication socio political linguistics 18th century grammarians regarded past decades androcentric written rule must admitted principal thrust androcentric argument right tempted apologize insensitivity people faculty correctness case resulted robert millar suffering mood swings feelings shared us sorrow anger regarding position intention academically abuse linguistically victimize anybody despite mood swings may nonetheless benefit hot flashes insight appropriate rejoinder native morphology singular hypothesis continue discussion however detract late survival h stem feminine presently discussion indeed much hot topic robert millar says suspects slight understanding dialect diversity discussing material _ piers plowman _ _ ayenbite inwyt _ way circumvent lalme mcintosh samuels first would suggest provide fuller citations benefit list concentrate areas linguistics subject second would like make available anybody else charts resulting indexing sorting citations forms third person pronouns oed l samuals dialects grammar _ companion piers plowman _ ed john alfred 1988 specifically identifies dialect nine seventeen manuscripts version _ piers plowman _ ones already identified kane donaldson 1960 _ piers plowman version _ george kane generations effort book momentous compendium thinking conceived intention making work mine possible use seventeen manuscripts version _ piers _ mainstay argument samuals unable identify dialects nearly half manuscripts piers specifically focus _ piers _ manageable corpus anyone go check _ piers _ great source studying diverse forms forms variations text one find wealth data comparative analysis piers also considered first highly popular work medieval english reason scribes copying work intended audiences would tend avoid esoteric literary archaic forms cult auctoritas conservative emulation older forms copying scribe robert millar alludes explain h stem feminines found manuscripts _ piers _ met criticism make available anyone wants particular lines found seventeen manuscripts rather conservation forms contrary auctoritas principle seems found _ piers _ whereby scribes copying original tended modify regional conventions saying auctoritas many instances medieval scribal practice rule saying looking lines _ piers _ seventeen manuscripts sees tremendous diversity even use h stems manuscripts assuming sake argument colloquial use indicates well known nonetheless nt robert millar reads lines consider anglo normans wicked chronocentrism reading history inimical reason human understanding ethnocentrism reading culture holds orthodox view says rising london standard spread much rapidly ever would done age purely manuscript culture would nt london standard better called status dialect mistaken assume writing printing reflected people generally used language dayto day people talk like _ love lucy _ _ honeymooners _ like _ new york times _ today example indefinite proverbial primarily written status form singular spoken form think safe assume common english status english within particular regional dialect basis assumption coupled evidence widespread knowledge h stem feminine generations printing postulating late survival h stem feminine anybody would like charts showing persistence feminine masculine h stem forms 11th century comparative exhibits lines seventeen manuscripts _ piers _ pronoun paradigms manuscripts perhaps items available dollar copy charge two stamps usa jeffrey weber 2843 n spaulding ave chicago illinois 60618 usa current transmission aside summary forthcoming received excellent critique wittysan sean sent also robert millar would happy asking share response inquiry continues