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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 07:56:22 EST
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ucbesvax!turner    Dec  2 01:19:00 1983

The he/she controversy seems to be starting it's third cycle in this year
alone.  (I might be miscounting--after the third time, I stopped reading
net.women for awhile.)  And, once started, the controversy roars on,
despite my willingness to quote a noted socio-linguist to the effect that,
as arguments over gendered language go, "he vs. she" has got to be about the
least productive and interesting of them all.  (The "noted socio-linguist"
is Robin Lakoff, prof. of linguistics and women's studies at UC Berkeley,
whom I greatly admire.  So no flames about me being sexist, OK?)

"net.he.vs.she", anyone?  Or try "net.nlang".
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Michael Turner (ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner)