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Originally Posted by Andrea
If you are talking about a third person who is unknown the Swedish s say "X and Y" and the Hungarians say "Y". Does "X" mean the same in English? …just curious.
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X is a lot more abstract in English. I really wish there was a gender-neutral word for when talking about a third person of unknown sex. It always ends up sounding either clumsy ("s/he", "(s)he", "he or she") or a bit wrong (the plural - "they").