On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, keith <km3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +0100
> Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>
>> It would be much better to originate a new word, such as "heshe", or
>> "shehe", and "hisher", instead of overloading an existing plural.

Unlike those (and similar invented things), "they" doesn't sound
horrible and ridiculously artificial.

> One does normally use 's/he'.   :)

And "they" can be used in speech as well as writing.


Cheers,
Kelly Clowers


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