[perl4ever]

I always liked the singular "they". It was supposedly normal usage for hundreds of years before some prescriptivists tried to stamp it out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

"The singular they emerged by the 14th century,[3] about a century after the plural they. It has been commonly employed in everyday English ever since then and has gained currency in official contexts. Singular they has been criticised since the mid-18th century by prescriptive commentators who considered it an error."