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submitted 2 months ago by Luci@lemmy.ca to c/foss

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Found this blog post and found it had more insight into the issues around the dev and the toxicity in FOSS

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[–] BarryZuckerkorn 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Singular "they" is older than singular "you." And note, of course, that the pronoun "you" is conjugated as a plural, and we deal with it just fine.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 2 months ago

"You" was both singular and plural throughout the history of Middle English. Singular "they" emerged in Late Middle English around the 14th century.