this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny, English is also my second language but in my first language 'she' and plural 'they' are the same word, only distinguished by the verb, so it never seemed that weird to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. What's your first language?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dutch. It's ze/zij for both singular female and plural they.