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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 8040922" data-attributes="member: 6685730">They (pl) have been using "they was" in the south for centuries (one (neut.) assumes).  Teachers (or English book publishers?) still haven't adopted that.  It would be impressive to see a new teaching of "they" usage after only decades.Much appreciated.  But I might have been talking about the men with "they."  Or maybe Chris was willing to use the wand that the men had.The confusion over singular or plural "you" was neatly (?) solved in the south with the invention of a new "word."  I'd like to see the same for a singular "they."By the way Southerners, if "rural American communities" is more applicable to the above statements than "the south," I'm happy to do some editing here.</blockquote>