Panel 1: A person with the text "Singular 'they'" written on them smiling with open arms.
Panel 2: "Singular 'They'" beaten up by others who said, "Singular they is ungrammatical. It's too confusing," "How can anyone use plural pronouns for singular," and "Every pronoun should only have one purpose."
Panel 3: "You" hiding from the mob who was beating "Singular 'They'"
Panel 4: "German 'Sie'" hiding with even more fear next to "You"

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[–] GarfBarf99@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My language kinda sucks because we don't have a singular they :(

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

invent one

[–] GarfBarf99@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope we do eventually. The lack of it is a serious pain in the ass.

[–] randint@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure plenty of singular theys have been invented in your language. It's just that it's not widely used at all and people would never understand you if you try to use it in a sentence.

[–] storcholus@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

In German I heard dei (like they, but with a d sound)