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From: sdb@tekecs.UUCP (Steven Den Beste)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: More on my hard-to-unsexist word
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Date: Sat, 1-Oct-83 12:27:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  1 12:27:44 1983
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Several people, by various means, have suggested "sharpshooter"
as an alternative to "marksman". Unfortunately, the environment in which
I encountered "marksmanship" was with reference to a person who was
throwing knives, so "sharpshooter" dosn't apply. (It was in the rules
for a fantasy role-playing game - no, I don't read survivalist magazines.)

The phrase "Dagger Markmanship" was used as a section header for the
rules on throwing daggers with extreme accuracy - and was referred to
elsewhere in the text. So far, none of the discussion I have gotten
would have satisfactorily handled this case.

Honest - I am not trying to be incendiary, but I think that there are
some cases in which it becomes a matter of diminishing returns to try
to get the "man" out of the word - I think this may be one of them.
I am still interested in hearing of alternatives!

In general, I *do* try to write in a non-sexist fashion...


   Steve Den Beste