> Nobody can predict what will confuse or annoy their audience. Perfectly? No. Good writers manage to do it most of the time, nonetheless. "Do whatever's most-

> Nobody can predict what will confuse or annoy their audience. Perfectly? No. Good writers manage to do it most of the time, nonetheless. "Do whatever's most-normal" is a good rule to follow, absent anything else. If that rule had been followed, we wouldn't have this whole unfortunate thread. > Do people who don't understand gender neutral pronouns get similarly confused and annoyed when they see a word they haven't seen before? That's a frustrating existence if true. This is about breaking expectations, not failure to understand gender-neutral pronouns. You applied them in an unusual context.