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No need to iel : why France is so angry about a gender-neutral pronoun

Spirited public debate over language is a very French passion, so it’s no surprise that when the online edition of Le Robert, the famous French dictionary, chose to include the gender-neutral pronoun “iel” – a combination of the French pronouns “il” (he) and “elle” (she) that corresponds to the singular “they” in English – a furious controversy erupted.

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