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Bookpossum · 01-16-2019, 11:56 PM

Thanks for that link, Bookworm-Girl. I can see the value of having a gender neutral pronoun.

I still suggest that it was not in use 50 years ago, even though it had been used in earlier times. The language keeps changing.

01-16-2019, 11:56 PM	#34
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thanks for that link, Bookworm-Girl. I can see the value of having a gender neutral pronoun. I still suggest that it was not in use 50 years ago, even though it had been used in earlier times. The language keeps changing.