Date: 08 Feb 2001 14:57:57 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008] Message-ID: <xzpzofxffa2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Rahul Siddharthan's message of "Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:01:59 %2B0100" References: <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com> <20010208110159.E2429@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > The idea is that if "his" is supposed to be gender-neutral in > generic situations, "her" should also be regarded as gender-neutral. This discussion reminds me of the LaTeX macros that you use instead of third person singular pronouns and possessive adjectives, which alternate between the male and female form. BTW, Norwegian has a very useful word which means "the concerned person", which makes it relatively easy to construct gender-neutral phrases. The only way to do that in English is to "play the pronoun game", i.e. use (gender-neutral) plural forms instead of singular forms, which makes for some pretty corny sentences... DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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