Originally Posted by rodeolifant
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I don't know, which gender op is, so I used they. I assume male, but I don't honestly know.
Ah, I am way too old to play by those rules. 'They' is still just regular old plural to me, so I figured this was a common thing that was happening.

In English 'they' can be used as either a singular or plural pronoun. It's always been the case - nothing to do with the language-mangling numpties.