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[Georg Wrede]

Christopher Wright wrote:
> BCS wrote:
>> Hello Derek,
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 May 2009 01:04:19 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah! One of my favorite qwerks of the English language, how to refer
>>>> to a specific single someone of unknown gender without insulting
>>>> them: "it"?
>>>>
>>> I hate it but what can I do?
>>>
>>> Use "they". Sure, its wrong but everyone knows what you mean. As in
>>> ... "A good coder will write useful comments because *they* care."
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, much as I dislike it, you end up having to. And as someone else 
>> pointed out, "they" is actually correct (why, I don't know).
> 
> There is no "why" in linguistics, just "whence".

Damn! Now that you mention it, it's actually true! Funny I never thought 
about it like that.