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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I learned English at school and the first time I encountered singular they was when my teacher explained it to us. Sometimes non native speakers are less prescriptive than native speakers

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, it's just been a thing forever, and will always be thing. Those teachers, if they ever existed, which I doubt, were just dumb fucks from Dumbfuckistan.