boost: The Grammar of Singular They

Lingthusiasm is a monthly podcast about linguistics, hosted by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. It’s just the right level of technical for someone like myself, who’s fascinating by language and how it works but has no formal linguistic training.

The most recent episode with Kirby Conrod on The Grammar of Singular They is particularly germane as I watch the pronoun meme bounce around my d-roll.

I learned so much from the episode that I’m tempted to repost the entire transcript. Aural learners this way or grab episode 43 in your podcast app.

In addition to exploring the linguistic scope of pronouns, the show provides several exceptionally specific, actionable suggestions on how to get better at properly gendering people who use the singular "they".

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The show notes include formal references, where I learned that one of my WisCon heroes, bronwyn, helped organize a great event last June:

They, Hirself, Em, And You Conference
Nonbinary pronouns in research and practice https://educ.queensu.ca/they2019