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Re:Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year by tgv on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @09:47AM (#21752916)
Yup. The examples cited (at least a few years ago) all show a reference to a person from a group, never to a known individual. And it has never been common, except in fossilized expressions.

BTW, "Chaucer used it, so there" is pretty normative for a linguistic argument.

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Re:Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year by fortran77 on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @11:20AM (#21753841)
I agree. It's one thing to advocate for change to a language. Like the introduction of "Ms."

It's another to lie to justify your argument.

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