> a potential alternative to the awkward/ambiguous singular they Spivak pronouns go back a very long way, though they were most popularized in the early '80s b

> a potential alternative to the awkward/ambiguous singular they Spivak pronouns go back a very long way, though they were most popularized in the early '80s by Spivak using them in technical documentation. The popularity of singular they as a general purpose pronoun is much more recent.