1. 2019-04-09, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #123
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    Default Re: Respectful term for nonbinary people and people of unknown gender?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anymage View Post
    Wanna tell me how well the gender neutral pronouns have been catching on outside of very niche subgroups?.
    They've been in regular use since at least 1382, except for that weird prescriptivist trend in the late 1800s and early 1900s so I'd say "quite well, thanks".

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