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How to call people of unknown gender in English? (he or she)

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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/196311

I’m from Turkey so English isn’t my native language. We just call O in Turkish to no matter its he/she/it. Is there an equivalent of this generic term on English?

I don’t want to call he to a female or vice versa.

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I’d say you have to use a, no?

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