It is always possible to create ambiguity if ambiguity is what you seek—“they” is no richer a source of such than any other. I don’t think either of us is going to convince the other to change their mode of speech (no flaunting of my particular preference intended).
Edit: How did you find out that Chris lost their money without finding out Chris’s gender, anyway? I don’t advocate singular-they in cases where you know the gender.
You’re not flaunting your preference (at least not to me), since the “their” in that sentence is a singular bound pronoun, not a singular referring pronoun.
How did you find out that Chris lost their money without finding out Chris’s gender, anyway?
Perhaps Chris wrote a blog post about it?
I don’t advocate singular-they in cases where you know the gender.
It is always possible to create ambiguity if ambiguity is what you seek—“they” is no richer a source of such than any other. I don’t think either of us is going to convince the other to change their mode of speech (no flaunting of my particular preference intended).
Edit: How did you find out that Chris lost their money without finding out Chris’s gender, anyway? I don’t advocate singular-they in cases where you know the gender.
You’re not flaunting your preference (at least not to me), since the “their” in that sentence is a singular bound pronoun, not a singular referring pronoun.
Perhaps Chris wrote a blog post about it?
Ok, I didn’t think that you did.
“Chris said on their blog that they lost their money while vacationing with friends.”