The future of singular they
Language Log 2013-03-15
Summary:
I've recently encountered several people in their teens or early twenties who ask, as individuals, to be referred to as they/them/their/themself. Looking around to see how common this might be, I found an undated (?) survey reporting the following results:
All in all, over eight hundred people responded, the majority from the US and other English-dominant [...]
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