Word for Word #12 They: A singular pronoun?

Favourite words
Thanks to the attendees of the Frank Wells Volunteer of the Year Award 2017 for their favourite words: amazing, reason, fruition, gosh, synchronicity, contagious, purple, luscious
Additional links
You can read Gretchen McCulloch's article for The Toast on the history of gendered pronouns here.
Read more about Norrie's story in this piece from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Other links of interest, which informed this episode:
Why People Are Using the Term 'Latinx'
Sweden is about to add a gender-neutral pronoun to its official dictionary
Sweden adds gender-neutral pronoun to dictionary
Sweden’s New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen
VIC Government Inclusive Language Guide
From Agender to Ze: A Glossary for the Gender Identity Revolution
On the Macquarie Dictionary blog:
Why is the word 'youse' included in the dictionary?
Acknowledgements
Word for Word is produced by Kate Sherington for Macquarie Dictionary and Pan Macmillan Australia.
Many thanks to Gretchen McCulloch. See more from Gretchen at her blog, All Things Linguistic, her website at www.gretchenmcculloch.com, and check out her podcast Lingthusiasm.
Thanks also to Norrie: thanks also to Queer Screen and the fine folk attending the Frank Wells Volunteer of the Year Award.
Music used in this episode is by Broke For Free, available from the Free Music Archive and used by permission of the artist. Find more music by Broke for Free including The Gold Lining; and If.
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