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   Tim Merrigan to Joy Beeson   
   Re: MT VOID, 12/12/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 24   
   22 Dec 25 09:08:54   
   
   From: tppm@rr.ca.com   
      
   On 12/21/2025 8:25 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:   
   > On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),   
   > prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'd much rather people used the singular they.   
   >   
   > Has anybody said "they-all" yet?   
   >   
   I don't think I've heard it, though I have heard they all (did   
   something), no hyphen and clearly plural, from context.   
      
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