Re: CHAT: use of "they"

Tom Wier wrote:
> (though they might counter it could
> lead to confusion of number, the facts to the contrary).
In one of my many attempts to make a "con-English" (fictional
descendant), I made "they" the generic 3rd person pronoun, and created a
"th'all" for the plural, on analogy with "y'all"  I don't remember how I
spelled it, tho.

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