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  1. Korburss

    Gendered nouns, nonstandard and otherwise

    "Them" and "those" are used more often, with "they" heavily depending on the situational context. It's well accepted that when you say something like: "Oh, them", "Them", or "Those people" you're dancing around something nastier at the very least, however even in this case it requires tone and...
  2. Korburss

    Gendered nouns, nonstandard and otherwise

    "They" is, within a lot of the English writing world, consider the perfect non-standard. It perfectly vales everything from gender, to even if they are a single person: i.e in the case of scifi when dealing with hiveminds. I see no reason it wouldn't be the same in conversation.
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