As has already been said, "They" has a long history in English as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. And I don't hear the people who object using "thee" and "thou" rather than "you."
There's also "that person," which I've heard mostly from 12-step people. But I've also heard it from a cop in London, Ontario (I'd called the police there because someone I knew on the Net had been sounding suicidal.)
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Date: 2010-06-14 03:05 am (UTC)There's also "that person," which I've heard mostly from 12-step people. But I've also heard it from a cop in London, Ontario (I'd called the police there because someone I knew on the Net had been sounding suicidal.)