Kirby Conrod's Interviews
Wayne Jones
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Kirby Conrod
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07 Feb 2022
• EN
10. The Singular They: An Interview with Linguist Dr. Kirby Conrod
Send us a text Wayne interviews Dr. Kirby Conrod, who is a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Washington. Dr. Conrod’s commentary, especially on what is called “the singular they,” has appeared in many other publications, in print, on the web, and in podcasts.
Gretchen McCulloch
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Kirby Conrod
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17 Apr 2020
• EN
43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod
Using “they” to refer to a single person is about as old as using “you” to refer to a single person: for example, Shakespeare has a line “There's not a man I meet but doth salute me. As if I were their well-acquainted friend”, and the Oxford English Dictionary has citations for both going back to the 14th century. More
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