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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: sexist language - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 13-Aug-83 23:44:49 EDT
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uicsl!wombat    Aug 13 13:54:00 1983

***** uicsl:net.women / watcgl!gcsherwood /  6:34 pm  Aug 10, 1983
I personally find the use
of the word "their" rather offensive when substituted for "his"
because one is singular and one is plural.  Number should match.
		- geoff sherwood -
		- U. of Waterloo -
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Really? Do you wince every time you have to use "you" referring
to only one person? Someday, I hope, (they, them, their) will be
seen as another construction similar to (you, you, your). You
just aren't used to hearing it yet. No one can force you to change,
but if you listen to normal conversations, many people seem
reluctant to use (he, him, his) for unknown gender and are using
(they, them, their) without stopping to think about it.
						Wombat
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