“they” is the Word of the Year, so they say

The proponents of they/ them never fully answer how we clear up the non- gender significance of the word: plurality. They argue that they was used in the singular centuries ago. I argue that there was a reason for its falling out of favor which may be the confusion when you are trying to distinguish between one non binary person and a group  of people  - binary or not. I am Ok with the non- binary thing. Just wish they had picked pronouns that didn’t currently already mean something else.  In this podcast a supporter essentially dismisses the confusion with “I guess.” But the avoidance of confusion is the primary reason for language. I know.