Given that many neologisms are already added to the Oxford English dictionary every year, I don't see any compelling reason why a singular gender neutral pronoun (such as the Spanish "su") cannot simply be created.
Such a word might seem strange at first, but if major broadcasters such as the BBC instructed staff to use it, larger society would soon fall into place – at least in written English.
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Given that many neologisms are already added to the Oxford English dictionary every year, I don't see any compelling reason why a singular gender neutral pronoun (such as the Spanish "su") cannot simply be created.
Such a word might seem strange at first, but if major broadcasters such as the BBC instructed staff to use it, larger society would soon fall into place – at least in written English.
In chinese, the pronoun is pronounced as "ta", but written as 他/她/它 depending on male, female, or it meaning.
Thankfully, this is a European innovation of Chinese that we mostly ignore.
The point of the article, is that it does exist. It is spelled "they". I happen to agree with (this part) of the article.