Yep. There are some examples in a previous comment I wrote (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3688820 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3688820), though I o

Yep. There are some examples in a previous comment I wrote (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3688820 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3688820), though I overstated the case about generic he there. Wikipedia has pre-18th century examples of that too, so it seems that both forms coexisted (in what proportion, I don't know). In any case, it's a mistake to imagine that singular they is an archaic form being revived now for political correctness. It has been in widespread use all along.