ext_17727 ([identity profile] ladydreamer.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] feuervogel 2010-06-22 11:00 pm (UTC)

The singular they is called the epicene pronoun by grammarians and has been around for quite some time in common usage (15th century), until someone decided that using masculine pronouns was so much better as the universal because girls don't count (18th century).

/word nerd

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