Have you ever felt stuck writing to someone who you do not, like when applying for a job, and not knowing whether you are writing to a male or female? It is baffling to me that we do not have a gender neutral pronoun.
I heard an npr story about this problem. It said that linguists and grammarians have tried to invent gender neutral pronouns like zee or zeer, but they haven't caught on.
But, according to the story, a teacher in Baltimore heard her students using a pronoun "yo" for either male or female and when they do not know, as in "yo" left a sweatshirt on the desk.
Find the story here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/04/25/178788893/yo-said-what
