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edited Oct 5, 2019 at 4:09

To be clear,(It seems that this may not be an accurate paraphrase –?gung couldn't find it, and Monica doesn't remember using the word "nausea," but didn't dispute the general sentiment.) I also believe that Monica has said she's willing to use gender-neutral neopronouns like "xe"/"xer", just not "they"/"them". (And she doesn't remember using the word "nausea," but didn't dispute the general sentiment.)

Singular "they" is really not that big a deal;. In general it has a very long history, and even for the relatively newer usage as someone's only pronoun, it's just a really small ask. (It's probably about as novel as that usage of "ask" just was.) As linguist Geoff Nunberg says in an article called "Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns",

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edited Oct 5, 2019 at 3:36

Singular "they" is really not that big a deal. The usage for unknown people is older than the universal acceptance of singular “you”, and although usage for known single people is perhaps newer,; as linguist Geoff Nunberg says in an article called "Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns",

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edited Oct 5, 2019 at 3:30

Singular "they" is really not that big a deal;. The usage for unknown people is older than the universal acceptance of singular “you”, and although usage for known single people is perhaps newer, as linguist Geoff Nunberg says in an article called "Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns",

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answered Oct 5, 2019 at 1:31

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