Citations:thon

Subjective pronoun: they (singular)

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• 1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer‎^[1], volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248:

  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.

• 1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology‎^[2], 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, →OL, LCC BF141.W12, page 5:

  Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.

• 1907 August, C. W. Larisunz, “Thε Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?”, in Thε Jurnɑl ɵv ɷrthɵεpi & ɷrthɵgrɑfi‎^[3], volume 24, number 8, page 153:

  In everi individɥɑl then, ɑr thε elεments ɑut ɵv hwich everi sol haz pɑuer tu ɛlaborɞt ʊntu thonself hwɵtever cɵndishʊn thon dɛzɩrz — tu mɞc fɷr thonself heven ɷr hel, hwichever thon iz wiliŋ tu strɩv fɷr.

  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.

• 1985, William Knowlton Zinsser, On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction‎^[4], 3rd edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PE1429.Z5 1985, page 121:

  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.

Objective pronoun: them (singular)

					1858 1884		2013
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• 1884 July 23, C. C. Converse, “A New Pronoun”, in The Critic and Good Literature‎^[5], number 31, New York, published 1884 August 2, page 55:

  If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon.

• 2013 August 27, batchix, “2013-08-27”, in Robots and Racks‎^[6], retrieved 2014-03-26:

  Peach: Relax, we just want to hire your services.

  Servant of Silence: Are you prepared to accept the terms of payment?

  Peach: …Sure.

  Servant of Silence: Then Follow.

  Crash: Wait Peach, how do we know we can trust him… er, her.

  Servant of Silence: "Thon."

  Crash: Whu-buh?

  Servant of Silence: "Thon." I was not assigned a gender at the date of my creation and I choose none now. You may use the pronoun "thon" to refer to me indirectly.