Statement of dogma

[prog]

I've actually been doing it for a while, now, but I'm going to go ahead and state it for the record:

Henceforth I will use the pronoun they (them, their) when I wish to refer to a person in the singular without specifying their gender. ← See? I just did it. That wasn't too awful, right?

Ten years ago I hated this usage. Now? It's like a warm bath.

Comments

[karlvonl.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was just reading a discussion about this in a message board the other day. Here's the thread:

http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=160148

The fourth post in particular supports your position rather convincingly IMHO.