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... "wadgen." (Short form of "whatever gender").

*Has decided this after writing "he or she" eighty seven hundred times at work today.*

Date: 2005-03-23 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liwy.livejournal.com
I use "s/he" or "they". (The former being reserved for more formal use.)

Date: 2005-03-23 10:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mysticblueside.livejournal.com
It's also fun to just go with 'it'. ;)

Date: 2005-03-24 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bisforbecky.livejournal.com
You're actually not supposed to use "they" in formal writing to refer to one person of inspecific gender.

Date: 2005-03-24 12:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liwy.livejournal.com
The former=the first thing listed in a set of two things listed.

Read my comment again.

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