Re: walkpersons

[Ms. Cat <alanamscat...>]

Well, okay, but what's wrong with "sharks" (since
AFAIK, they'll all eat hatever gets in their way, with
the exception of nurse sharks and whale sharks),
contract killers, and sewer lids?

Alana
Renaissance Woman
(pbbbtht)

> >I sincerely hope that gender bias in our language
> disappears entirely so
> >
> >that we no longer refer to "man-eating sharks" and
> "hitmen."
> >
> > >>
> >
> >Oh sure, but what would we call "manhole covers"?
> 
> Well, at the height of the "political correctness"
> madness here in Britain,
> about the late 80s, it was quite seriously proposed
> to call them
> "personhole covers", believe it or not! Utter
> insanity! (My last word on
> this off-topic issue.)
> 
> 
> Richard
> (Renaissance Man)
> 
> 
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