• garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I was gonna sayā€¦ The use of singular they has been around for a heck of a lot longer than 11 years. I didnā€™t realize it dated all the way back to the 14th century though, thatā€™s neat.

    I get the point, that it wasnā€™t in common use until somewhat recently (even growing up I had textbooks that used he exclusively), but itā€™s not a new radical concept of the English language either.