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From: gcf@althea.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: The Namespace: A Serious Delusion for the Net
Message-ID: <441@althea.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 89 17:23:55 GMT
References: <5513@cps3xx.UUCP> <2956@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> <581@panix.UUCP>
Reply-To: gcf@althea.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Organization: Beauty in the Beast
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dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) writes:
))I didn't know there WERE any "gender" issues in employment.  Why,
))English is basically a gender-free language ... unless you mean
))employment agreements written in Latin or something.  I didn't
))know there was a group for discussion of employment agreements 
))written in foreign languages -- interesting.
))
))Of course there are a lot of SEX issues in employment, but they
))are probably covered in soc.feminism or soc.rights.human I suppose.

Jsb@panix.UUCP (J. S. B'ach) writes:
)Is it bad netiquette to respond to a grammar flame with a spelling flame?
)
))Hmmm...  Or could it be that such groups tend to attract idiots
))who post articles because they like to here the keys click on
)                                        ^^^^

It's not a grammar flame, it's a vocabulary flame.  And it's
"wrong", in the sense that the stodgiest, most _authoritative_
institutions (like the New York Times) accept the usage.  On
the whole, I thought the entire article was pretty funny, mis-
spellings and all.  It was even noticed in talk.bizarre.  My
articles may be boring, but I get some great follow-ups.
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Gordon Fitch * gcf@althea || ...uunet!hombre!mydog!gcf


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