[ExI] Language Changing Before Our Very Eyes

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

Richard Loosemore wrote:
> 
> Alas, History would have issues with you there:  IIRC, she would tell 
> you that about three centuries ago, the normal, correct form of a 
> singular, gender-neutral pronoun was "they".  This was then deliberately 
> (?) changed by men who decided to go with the male gender for neutral 
> references, as a more fitting reflection of their status in society.

I'd be interested in a source for this, if anyone knows it.

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence