I’ve read somewhere that the word its is a "recent" innovation/invention that has supplanted the form his, which was also used for neuter nouns.  That makes sense to me, since Germanic languages I have some knowlegde of have the same form for the possessive both in the masculine as in the neuter, cf. German sein, Dutch zijn, Swedish dess (unlike Danish, which keeps dens and dets apart.  Maybe there was an assimilation at play with Swedish, but that’s pure speculation).  Again, Swedish and Danish (and possibly also Norwegian, which I don’t know) also have hans and hennes/hendes for people and "higher animals", but that’s not the case here.

Sometimes I have the impression that I post the same thing over and over again, a déjà vu.  If I ever really do that, would you guys let me know?  (I’m not kidding here.)

Brazilian dude

As Yogi said,

It’s deja vu all over again.

Don’t worry BD, it’s merely the foot-falls of approaching senility you hear….

Henri

Is it really a déjà vu?  I’m starting to get worried about that.  Should I get a brain scan?  You, Henri, the doctor, give me your profession opinion (great, I’ll save some money).

Brazilian dude

As the Japanese saying goes:  When you’r born, you begin to die.
So don’t worry Dude.  It’s only human.

But I still don’t know if it’s only a déjà or if I have really posted more the same topic more than once.

Brazilian dude

BD, there were a number of cases, on different threads, where there were two consecutive identical posts from you.

Could be that most of these were some kind of Agora glitch, because looking at your last 50 postings I can only find this pair.

Ed

No, two consecutive posts don’t count, maybe it was an Agora glitch.  What I’m talking about are threads scattered around.

Brazilian dude

Well, I think you’ve posted enough about it here to demonstrate a willingness to indulge in such…!

-Tim

Well, I think you’ve posted enough about it here to demonstrate a willingness to indulge in such…!

Nah, he’s just showing off his 5 stars, (congratulations, by the way) and trying to give Katy decent competition to 7k.
gailr

Speaking of stars (sorta), 1001 congratulations for reaching your 1001st post, gailr!

-Tim

1001 thanks, Tim.  :)
gailr

OK Gailr, now you can absolutely quit posting,

Sorry Katy, no can do; I am on a roll. (Don’t tell Rex, though, or he’ll be wanting to trade me bagels for it or something…)
gailr

Stop not, gailr.

The time distance between the 1001st and the last post on this thread is merely 30 minutes.  Yet you could somehow post five posts inbetween.  You should be feeling great?

Flam