The original sentence:
"Place %n boy(s) and %n girl(s) in the center. Then split %n pieces of
candy equally between them.=E2=80=9D

could maybe be changed to:
=E2=80=9CPlace some children in the center, %n from the left and %n from =
the right.
Then split %n pieces of candy equally between them.=E2=80=9D

Perhaps that would solve two problems, Johnny Jazeix=E2=80=99s original  =
coding
problem with the numbers and Sandro=E2=80=99s problem with the gendered =
words.

FWIW, 75 years ago I disliked being called a child or worse still a kid. =
Schools
I attended were single-sex and class-distinction was rife. So was =
bullying.

Today=E2=80=99s schools have come a long way!

Cheers, Ian W.

> On 7 Jan 2022, at 6:07 am, Rik Mills <rikmills@kde.org> wrote:
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> On 06/01/2022 17:56, Nicol=C3=A1s Alvarez wrote:
>> There is a time and place to teach kids about the complexity of =
gender
>> and I don't think an exercise about arithmetic/counting is the right
>> place.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children
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> +1
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