My focus this time out is on standard English rather than nonstandard English, since one of my recent books was about Black English.
Although they are often presumed to be simpler — in a word, dumber — than standard English, the opposite is often true.
One example I am thinking of is a relatively new and unheralded gender-neutral pronoun that has emerged in, of all places, Baltimore.
Gender-neutral pronouns are a thorny topic in English.
But in English, a truly accepted gender-neutral pronoun has been a holy grail for generations.
Persons:
A.A . Milne, ”, “ Ariella
Locations:
Baltimore