[lg policy] English has a traditional solution to gender-neutral pronouns

[Dave Sayers]

Nice bit of pop linguistics from The Economist about this ongoing debate: 
https://goo.gl/FXEPDm. I especially liked the historical comparison with ye-you; 
that'll tie in nicely with teaching the history of English!

Singularly yours,
Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
dave.sayers at cantab.net | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers
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